What is CVE-2024-51004?

CVE-2024-51004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R7000p, 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-2024-51004?

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

Buffer overflow in NETGEAR R7000p

CVE-2024-51004

Netgear R8500 v1.0.2.160 and R7000P v1.3.3.154 were discovered to multiple stack overflow vulnerabilities in the component usb_device.cgi via the cifs_user, read_access, and write_access parameters. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted POST request.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-11-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NETGEAR R7000p
NETGEAR R7000p Firmware — versions 1.3.3.154
NETGEAR R8500
NETGEAR R8500 Firmware — versions 1.0.2.160

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.netgear.com/about/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Netgear4/vuln_51/51.md (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-51004?: CVE-2024-51004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R7000p, 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-2024-51004?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.