CVE-2024-50998: NETGEAR r8500 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 5.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Netgear R8500 v1.0.2.160 was discovered to contain multiple stack overflow vulnerabilities in the component openvpn.cgi via the openvpn_service_port and openvpn_service_port_tun parameters. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted POST request.

Affected products

• NETGEAR r8500 Firmware: version 1.0.2.160 only

Published 2024-11-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.