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CRITICAL
CVE-2019-20699
NETGEAR Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects GS105Ev2 before 1.6.0.4, GS105PE before 1.6.0.4, GS408EPP before 1.0.0.15, GS808E before 1.7.0.7, GS908E before 1.7.0.3, GSS108E before 1.6.0.4, and GSS108EPP before 1.0.0.15.

INFO

Published Date :

April 16, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 21, 2020, 2:11 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-20699 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netgear gs105e_firmware
2 Netgear gs105pe_firmware
3 Netgear gs408epp_firmware
4 Netgear gs808e_firmware
5 Netgear gs908e_firmware
6 Netgear gss108e_firmware
7 Netgear gss108epp_firmware
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 7
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-20699.

URL Resource
https://kb.netgear.com/000061230/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Switches-PSV-2018-0538 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-20699 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://kb.netgear.com/000061230/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Switches-PSV-2018-0538 No Types Assigned https://kb.netgear.com/000061230/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Switches-PSV-2018-0538 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs105e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.0.4 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs105e:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs105pe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.0.4 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs105pe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs408epp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.0.0.15 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs408epp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs808e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.7.0.7 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs808e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs908e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.7.0.3 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs908e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gss108e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.0.4 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gss108e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gss108epp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.0.0.15 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gss108epp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-20699 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-20699 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.25 }} 0.00%

score

0.61024

percentile

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