{"id":"CVE-2018-21171","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-21171","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:48:53.357Z","title":"Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.","description":"Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D6100 before 1.0.0.57, R7800 before 1.0.2.40, R9000 before 1.0.3.6, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.92, and WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.98.","published":"2020-04-27T18:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:54:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["netgear/r7800 firmware","netgear/r9000 firmware","netgear/d6100 firmware","netgear/wndr3700 firmware","netgear/wndr4300 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00655,"percentile":0.51151,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000055187/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2632","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000055187/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2632","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21171","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}