What is CVE-2022-37235?

CVE-2022-37235 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R7000, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-37235?

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

Buffer overflow in NETGEAR R7000

CVE-2022-37235

Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router R7000-V1.0.11.134_10.2.119 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the wl binary in firmware. There is a stack overflow vulnerability caused by strncat

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-09-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.002

Affected products

NETGEAR R7000
NETGEAR R7000 Firmware — versions 1.0.11.134_10.2.119

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.netgear.com/about/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.netgear.com/support/download/ (Product, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/Davidteeri/Bug-Report/blob/main/netgear-R7000-0x461bc.md (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37235?: CVE-2022-37235 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R7000, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-37235?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.