What is CVE-2024-50999?

CVE-2024-50999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear R8500, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2024-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-50999?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-50999 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear R8500

CVE-2024-50999

Netgear R8500 v1.0.2.160 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability in the sysNewPasswd parameter at password.cgi. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted request.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear R8500
Netgear R8500_firmware — versions 1.0.2.160
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

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50999?: CVE-2024-50999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear R8500, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2024-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-50999?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-50999 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.