VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-21221

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

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.75%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.75%). 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, and R9000 before 1.0.2.52.

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: 0.75% probability · 53th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: netgear/r9000 firmware · netgear/d6000 firmware · netgear/d3600 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000055116/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2459Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000055116/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2459Vendor Advisory

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