How severe is CVE-2016-10174?

CVE-2016-10174 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 83.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2016-10174: NETGEAR WNR2000v5 Router Buffer Overflow

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

NETGEAR WNR2000v5 Router Buffer Overflow Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-25

Remediation due

2022-04-15

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10174

Description

The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router contains a buffer overflow in the hidden_lang_avi parameter when invoking the URL /apply.cgi?/lang_check.html. This buffer overflow can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

6 Links

Exploits & PoCs

Vulnerability databases

95867

Other references

Record Details

Published

2017-01-30

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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