Buffer overflow in NETGEAR Rax30

CVE-2023-27852

NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router prior to V1.0.10.94 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in various CGI mechanisms that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

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: 0.008 (55.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-27852: held from 0.008 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27852?
CVE-2023-27852 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Rax30, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-27852?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-27852 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.