What is CVE-2024-51015?

CVE-2024-51015 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-2024-51015?

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

Buffer overflow in NETGEAR R7000p

CVE-2024-51015

Netgear R7000P v1.3.3.154 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the device_name2 parameter at operation_mode.cgi. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted 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: 0.006 (45.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NETGEAR R7000p
NETGEAR R7000p Firmware — versions 1.3.3.154

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/Netgear6/vuln_62/62.md (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-51015?: CVE-2024-51015 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-2024-51015?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.