What is CVE-2024-54808?

CVE-2024-54808 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Wnr854t, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-54808?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-54808 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear Wnr854t

CVE-2024-54808

Netgear WNR854T 1.5.2 (North America) contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SetDefaultConnectionService function due to an unconstrained use of sscanf. The vulnerability allows for control of the program counter and can be utilized to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Netgear Wnr854t
Netgear Wnr854t_firmware — versions 1.5.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-54808?: CVE-2024-54808 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Wnr854t, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-54808?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-54808 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.