CVE-2025-29044
Published: 17 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-29044 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Netgear R6100 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-29044 is a buffer overflow vulnerability, tracked under CWE-120, that affects the Netgear R61 router running firmware version V1.0.1.28. The flaw resides in handling of the QUERY_STRING key value and permits uncontrolled memory operations that can corrupt adjacent stack data.
A remote attacker can exploit the issue over the network without authentication or user interaction by supplying a crafted QUERY_STRING parameter, resulting in arbitrary code execution with full control over the affected device. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting its critical severity and ease of remote exploitation.
Public references consist of proof-of-concept repositories and gists that demonstrate the stack overflow on related Netgear R6100 hardware; no vendor advisories, firmware patches, or official mitigation guidance appear among the listed sources. The EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1149 on 2026-05-30 before receding to its current value of 0.0634, indicating measurable post-disclosure exploitation interest that warrants renewed monitoring.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11482
Vulnerability details
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Netgear- R61 router V1.0.1.28 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the QUERY_STRING key value
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.