What is CVE-2020-35227?

CVE-2020-35227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-35227?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear Gs116e

CVE-2020-35227

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the access control section on NETGEAR JGS516PE/GS116Ev2 v2.6.0.43 devices (in the administration web panel) allows an attacker to inject IP addresses into the whitelist via the checkedList parameter to th…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-2020-35227?: CVE-2020-35227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-35227?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.