CVE-2021-45525
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.87%). 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 authenticated user. This affects EX7000 before 1.0.1.80, R6400 before 1.0.1.50, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.118, R6700 before 1.0.2.8, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.118, R6900 before 1.0.2.8, R6900P before 1.3.2.124, R7000 before 1.0.9.88, R7000P before 1.3.2.124, R7900 before 1.0.3.18, R7900P before 1.4.1.50, R8000 before 1.0.4.46, R8000P before 1.4.1.50, RAX80 before 1.0.1.56, and WNR3500Lv2 before 1.2.0.62.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.87% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- netgear/ex7000 firmware · netgear/r6400 firmware · netgear/r6400v2 firmware · netgear/r6700 firmware · netgear/r6700v3 firmware · netgear/r6900 firmware · netgear/r6900p firmware · netgear/r7000 firmware · netgear/r7000p firmware · netgear/r7900 firmware · netgear/r7900p firmware · netgear/r8000 firmware · netgear/r8000p firmware · netgear/rax80 firmware · netgear/wnr3500lv2 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://kb.netgear.com/000064052/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Extenders-PSV-2018-0618Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://kb.netgear.com/000064052/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Extenders-PSV-2018-0618Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.