CVE-2022-27646

HIGH
8.8CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.41% EPSS (exploit probability)
CWE-121CWE

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700v3 1.0.4.120_10.0.91 routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the circled daemon. A crafted circleinfo.txt file can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15879.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected routers (1)

VendorModelMatched viaAffected versionsFixed inPatch?
Netgear Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 No

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