What is CVE-2020-35225?

CVE-2020-35225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-35225?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear Gs116e

CVE-2020-35225

The NSDP protocol implementation on NETGEAR JGS516PE/GS116Ev2 v2.6.0.43 devices was not properly validating the length of string parameters sent in write requests, potentially allowing denial of service attacks.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Gs116e — versions v2
Netgear Gs116e_firmware — versions 2.6.0.43
Netgear Jgs516pe
Netgear Jgs516pe_firmware — versions 2.6.0.43
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35225?: CVE-2020-35225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-35225?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.