CVE-2022-46423 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear WNR2000v1 router. 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 v1.2.3.7 and earlier.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Netgear	Wnr2000 Wnr2000 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr2000:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://hackmd.io/%40slASVrz_SrW7NQCsunofeA/BktKl8ZDo
https://www.netgear.com/about/security/

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-494
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T13:23:40.500Z

Reserved: 2022-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46423

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.350Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-20T20:15:10.557

Modified: 2025-04-17T14:15:24.220

Link: CVE-2022-46423

Redhat

No data.

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