What is CVE-2019-5055?

CVE-2019-5055 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR N300 Wnr2000v5, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-5055?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in NETGEAR N300 Wnr2000v5

CVE-2019-5055

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.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear N300 Wnr2000v5 — versions Firmware Version V1.0.0.70
Netgear Wnr2000 — versions v5
Netgear Wnr2000_firmware — versions 1.0.0.70

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5055?: CVE-2019-5055 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR N300 Wnr2000v5, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-5055?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.