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CVE-2020-35795 — Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker

Critical CVSS 9.8

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects AC2100 before 1.2.0.72, AC2400 before 1.2.0.72, AC2600 before 1.2.0.72, CBK40 before 2.5.0.10, CBR40 before 2.5.0.10, D7800 before 1.0.1.58, EAX20 before 1.0.0.36, EAX80 before 1.0.1.62, EX7500 before 1.0.0.68, MK62 before 1.0.5.102, MR60 before 1.0.5.102, MS60 before 1.0.5.102, R6120 before 1.0.0.70, R6220 before 1.1.0.100, R6230 before 1.1.0.100, R6260 before 1.1.0.76, R6330 before 1.1.0.76, R6350 before 1.1.0.76, R6400 before 1.0.1.62, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.98, R6700 before 1.0.2.16, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.72, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.98, R6800 before 1.2.0.72, R6850 before 1.1.0.76, R6900P before 1.3.2.124, R6900 before 1.0.2.16, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.72, R7000 before 1.0.11.106, R7000P before 1.3.2.124, R7200 before 1.2.0.72, R7350 before 1.2.0.72, R7400 before 1.2.0.72, R7450 before 1.2.0.72, R7800 before 1.0.2.74, R7850 before 1.0.5.60, R7900 before 1.0.4.26, R7900P before 1.4.1.62, R7960P before 1.4.1.62, R8000 before 1.0.4.58, R8000P before 1.4.1.62, R8900 before 1.0.5.24, R9000 before 1.0.5.24, RAX120 before 1.0.1.136, RAX15 before 1.0.1.64, RAX20 before 1.0.1.64, RAX200 before…

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2020-12-30
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Affected products

  • netgear / ac2100_firmware
  • netgear / ac2400_firmware
  • netgear / ac2600_firmware
  • netgear / cbk40_firmware
  • netgear / cbr40_firmware
  • netgear / d7800_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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