7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-5055
NETGEAR Hostapd Remote Denial of Service
Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Host Access Point Daemon (hostapd) on the NETGEAR N300 (WNR2000v5 with Firmware Version V1.0.0.70) wireless router. A SOAP request sent in an invalid sequence to the <WFAWLANConfig:1#PutMessage> service can cause a null pointer dereference, resulting in the hostapd service crashing. An unauthenticated attacker can send a specially-crafted SOAP request to trigger this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 11, 2019, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 27, 2022, 5:27 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-5055 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 wnr2000_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0832 Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-5055 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-5055 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
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Talos CWE-476
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Talos AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:1.0.0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr2000:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:1.0.0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr2000:v5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0832 No Types Assigned https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0832 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:1.0.0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr2000:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.21 }} 0.06%

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0.57957

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