CVE-2024-50996

Summary

CVE-2024-50996 is a newly discovered stack overflow vulnerability affecting several Netgear routers, including the R8500 v1.0.2.160, XR300 v1.0.3.78, R7000P v1.3.3.154, and R6400 v2 1.0.4.128. By crafting a malicious POST request with a specially crafted bpa_server parameter, attackers can trigger a stack overflow, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to network availability and requires affected routers to be updated as soon as possible to mitigate the threat.

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