CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-10174
The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router contains a buffer overflow in the hidden_lang_avi parameter when invoking the URL /apply.cgi?/lang_check.html. This buffer overflow can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.
Severity
- EPSS
- 83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-03-25, due 2022-04-15
- CWE
- CWE-120
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- netgear:d6100_firmware
- netgear:d7000_firmware
- netgear:d7800_firmware
- netgear:jnr1010v2_firmware
- netgear:jnr3300_firmware
- netgear:jwnr2010v5_firmware
- netgear:r2000_firmware
- netgear:r6100_firmware
- netgear:r6220_firmware
- netgear:r7500_firmware
- netgear:r7500v2_firmware
- netgear:wndr3700v4_firmware
- netgear:wndr3800_firmware
- netgear:wndr4300_firmware
- netgear:wndr4300v2_firmware
- netgear:wndr4500v3_firmware
- netgear:wndr4700_firmware
- netgear:wnr1000v2_firmware
- netgear:wnr1000v4_firmware
- netgear:wnr2000v3_firmware
- netgear:wnr2000v4_firmware
- netgear:wnr2000v5_firmware
- netgear:wnr2020_firmware
- netgear:wnr2050_firmware
- netgear:wnr2200_firmware
- netgear:wnr2500_firmware
- netgear:wnr614_firmware
- netgear:wnr618_firmware
References
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerability
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/