What is CVE-2019-20699?

CVE-2019-20699 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs105e, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-20699?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear Gs105e

CVE-2019-20699

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…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20699?: CVE-2019-20699 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs105e, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-20699?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.