What is CVE-2023-38924?

CVE-2023-38924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Dgn3500, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-38924?

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

Is CVE-2023-38924 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Netgear Dgn3500

CVE-2023-38924

Netgear DGN3500 1.1.00.37 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the http_password parameter at setup.cgi.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (43.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Dgn3500
Netgear Dgn3500_firmware — versions 1.1.00.37
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

attilaszia/linux-iot-cves

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38924?: CVE-2023-38924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Dgn3500, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-38924?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-38924 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.