# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:A/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x3q9-8683-qvcm

## 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: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2020-11792](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11792/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-20650 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20650 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netgear R8900 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20650/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20650/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20650
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20650
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-20650

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