What is CVE-2020-35233?

CVE-2020-35233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-35233?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Netgear Gs116e

CVE-2020-35233

The TFTP server fails to handle multiple connections on NETGEAR JGS516PE/GS116Ev2 v2.6.0.43 devices, and allows external attackers to force device reboots by sending concurrent connections, aka a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35233?: CVE-2020-35233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Gs116e, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-35233?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.