Netgear R7000 Nighthawk v1.0.11.134_10.2.119 Buffer Overflow via wl Binary
CVE-2022-37234 Published on September 22, 2022
Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router R7000-V1.0.11.134_10.2.119 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the wl binary in firmware. There is a stack overflow vulnerability caused by strncpy.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-37234 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2022-37234 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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