VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-38517

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by out-of-bounds reads and writes.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.76%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.76%). 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 out-of-bounds reads and writes. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.70, RAX75 before 1.0.4.120, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, and XR300 before 1.0.3.50.

CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.76% probability · 53th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-787
Affected: netgear/r6400 firmware · netgear/rax75 firmware · netgear/rax80 firmware · netgear/xr300 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000063772/Security-Advisory-for-Out-of-Bounds-Read-and-Write-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0187Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000063772/Security-Advisory-for-Out-of-Bounds-Read-and-Write-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0187Vendor Advisory

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