CVE-2019-5054 HIGH

CVE-2019-5054

Vendor Netgear
Product N300 WNR2000v5
Weakness CWE-476
Published September 11, 2019
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the session handling functionality of the NETGEAR N300 (WNR2000v5 with Firmware Version V1.0.0.70) HTTP server. An HTTP request with an empty User-Agent string sent to a page requiring authentication can cause a null pointer dereference, resulting in the HTTP service crashing. An unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 11, 2019 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated