CVE-2019-5054

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the session handling functionality of the NETGEAR N300 (WNR2000v5 with Firmware Version V1.0.0.70) HTTP server. An HTTP request with an empty User-Agent string sent to a page requiring authentication can cause a null pointer dereference, resulting in the HTTP service crashing. An unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - talos-cna@cisco.com

Published

2019-09-11

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• N300 Wnr2000v5 (Netgear)
• Wnr2000 Firmware (Netgear)

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0831