{"id":"CVE-2018-21178","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-21178","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:41:49.857Z","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 R7800 before 1.0.2.40, R9000 before 1.0.2.52, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.92, WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.94, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.50, WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.50, and WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.62.","published":"2020-04-27T21:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:54:19.000Z","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/wndr3700 firmware","netgear/wndr4300 firmware","netgear/wndr4500 firmware","netgear/wnr2000 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00593,"percentile":0.48137,"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 (0.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000055180/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2621","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000055180/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2621","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21178","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."}