CVE-2022-27641 - Netgear R7000 Firmware, Netgear R6220 Firmware and Netgear Ex6200 Firmware

Critical 8.8

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700v3 1.0.4.120_10.0.91 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the NetUSB module. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15806.

Affected software

Netgear R7000 Firmware

Netgear R6220 Firmware

Netgear Ex6200 Firmware

Netgear Ex8000 Firmware

Netgear R7800 Firmware

Netgear D7800 Firmware

Netgear R6230 Firmware

Netgear R6400 Firmware

Netgear R6700 Firmware

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