What is CVE-2019-20697?

CVE-2019-20697 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Gs728tp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-20697?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in NETGEAR Gs728tp

CVE-2019-20697

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects GS728TPPv2 before 6.0.0.48, GS728TPv2 before 6.0.0.48, GS750E before 1.0.1.4, GS752TPP before 6.0.0.48, and GS752TPv2 before 6.0.0.48.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (42.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Gs728tp — versions v2
Netgear Gs728tp_firmware
Netgear Gs728tpp — versions v2
Netgear Gs728tpp_firmware
Netgear Gs750e
Netgear Gs750e_firmware
Netgear Gs752tp — versions v2
Netgear Gs752tp_firmware
Netgear Gs752tpp
Netgear Gs752tpp_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20697?: CVE-2019-20697 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Gs728tp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-20697?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.