FKIE_CVE-2022-46424

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-12-20 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:11
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear XWN5001 Powerline 500 WiFi Access Point. An attacker can conduct a MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) attack to modify the user-uploaded firmware image and bypass the CRC check, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS). This affects v0.4.1.1 and earlier.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://hackmd.io/%40slASVrz_SrW7NQCsunofeA/B1rKQuzDj
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.netgear.com/about/security/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackmd.io/%40slASVrz_SrW7NQCsunofeA/B1rKQuzDj
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.netgear.com/about/security/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netgear xwn5001_firmware *
netgear xwn5001 -
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