Is CVE-2019-20713 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2019-20713 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2019-20713 be exploited remotely?

Partially. CVE-2019-20713 requires adjacent network access (same network segment) to exploit.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-20713?

CVE-2019-20713 has a CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

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MEDIUM

CVE-2019-20713

CWE-787Published: April 16, 2020· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

6.8

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D8500 before 1.0.3.44, R6250 before 1.0.4.34, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.32, R6400 before 1.0.1.46, R6700 before 1.0.2.6, R6900 before 1.0.2.4, R6900P before 1.3.1.64, R7000 before 1.0.9.42, R7000P before 1.3.1.64, R7100LG before 1.0.0.50, R7300DST before 1.0.0.70, R7900 before 1.0.3.8, R7900P before 1.4.1.30, R8000 before 1.0.4.28, R8000P before 1.4.1.30, R8300 before 1.0.2.128, and R8500 before 1.0.2.128.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2019-20713 requires adjacent network access, limiting remote exploitation but still posing risk in shared or local network environments.

Exploitation requires high privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 6.8.

From a weakness classification perspective (CWE-787): Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities can lead to data corruption, crashes, or arbitrary code execution.