VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-35782

CVSS score8.1 HIGH

EPSS probability1.67%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-12-30

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by lack of access control at the function level. This affects JGS516PE before 2.6.0.48, JGS524Ev2 before 2.6.0.48, JGS524PE before 2.6.0.48, and GS116Ev2 before 2.6.0.48. The TFTP firmware update mechanism does not properly implement firmware validations, allowing remote attackers to write arbitrary data to internal memory.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory