CVE-2016-10174
NETGEAR WNR2000v5 Router Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | NETGEAR |
|---|---|
| Product | WNR2000v5 Router |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
The vulnerability
The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router contains a buffer overflow which can be exploited to achieve remote code execution.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 15 April 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 13 Nov 2026, 00:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.
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