CVE-2019-20650 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service on specific NETGEAR routers by exploiting a vulnerability in the firmware.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-20650?
CVE-2019-20650 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netgear R8900 Firmware, published on 15 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by denial of service. This affects R8900 before 1.0.5.2, R9000 before 1.0.5.2, XR500 before 2.3.2.56, and XR700 before 1.0.1.20.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20650?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Netgear R8900 Firmware, Netgear R9000 Firmware, Netgear Xr500 Firmware, Netgear Xr700 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-20650?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20650 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-20650 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20650 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netgear R8900 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x3q9-8683-qvcm.