CVE-2020-15635
HIGHNETGEAR R6700 Firmware < 1.0.4.98 - Unauthenticated Stack-based Buffer Overflow in acsd Service
Title source: llmDescription
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 routers with firmware 1.0.4.84_10.0.58. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the acsd service, which listens on TCP port 5916 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the admin user. Was ZDI-CAN-9853.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-936/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://kb.netgear.com/000062127/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-R6700v3-PSV-2020-0202
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
57.1%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-121
Status
published
Products (1)
netgear/r6700_firmware
< 1.0.4.98
Published
Aug 20, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026