VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-45528

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.55%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). 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 R6300v2 before 1.0.4.52, R6400 before 1.0.1.52, R6900 before 1.0.2.8, R7000 before 1.0.9.88, R7900 before 1.0.3.18, R8000 before 1.0.4.46, R7900P before 1.4.1.50, R8000P before 1.4.1.50, RAX75 before 1.0.3.88, RAX80 before 1.0.3.88, and WNR3500Lv2 before 1.2.0.62.

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: 0.55% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: netgear/r6300v2 firmware · netgear/r6400 firmware · netgear/r6900 firmware · netgear/r7000 firmware · netgear/r7900 firmware · netgear/r7900p firmware · netgear/r8000 firmware · netgear/r8000p firmware · netgear/rax75 firmware · netgear/rax80 firmware · netgear/wnr3500lv2 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000064057/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0069Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000064057/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0069Patch, Vendor Advisory

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