CVE-2020-15635

HIGH

NETGEAR R6700 Firmware < 1.0.4.98 - Unauthenticated Stack-based Buffer Overflow in acsd Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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