Netgear has fixed a high-severity vulnerability affecting many WiFi models router and warns its customers to update their devices with the latest firmware immediately.
The BleepingComputer he says:
The flaw affects many models wireless AC Nighthawk, Wireless AX Nighthawk (WiFi 6) και Wireless AC router. Αν και η Netgear δεν αποκάλυψε κάποια information for the component affected by this bug or its impact, stated that this is a pre-authentication buffer overflow vulnerability Overflow).
The impact of a successful buffer overflow exploit can range from denial of service errors to arbitrary code execution during an attack.
Attackers can exploit this flaw in low-sophistication attacks that do not require authentication or any interaction from the device owner.
In a security warning published Wednesday, Netgear says it "strongly recommends downloading the latest firmware as soon as possible."
A list of vulnerable routers and patched firmware versions you can find here.
