VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-21216

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.73%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.67, D6000 before 1.0.0.67, D6100 before 1.0.0.56, and R6100 before 1.0.1.20.

CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.73% probability · 52th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: netgear/r6100 firmware · netgear/d6000 firmware · netgear/d3600 firmware · netgear/d6100 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000055121/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2485Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000055121/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2485Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.