What is CVE-2022-48176?

CVE-2022-48176 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Mr60, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2022-48176?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in NETGEAR Mr60

CVE-2022-48176

Netgear routers R7000P before v1.3.3.154, R6900P before v1.3.3.154, R7960P before v1.4.4.94, and R8000P before v1.4.4.94 were discovered to contain a pre-authentication stack overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-01-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.netgear.com/about/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
hdwsec.fr/blog/20221109-netgear/ (Broken Link)
kb.netgear.com/000065242/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-authentication-Stack-Overflo… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48176?: CVE-2022-48176 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Mr60, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-48176?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.