VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-45609

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

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.20%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.20%). 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 D8500 before 1.0.3.58, R6250 before 1.0.4.48, R7000 before 1.0.11.116, R7100LG before 1.0.0.64, R7900 before 1.0.4.38, R8300 before 1.0.2.144, R8500 before 1.0.2.144, XR300 before 1.0.3.68, R7000P before 1.3.2.132, and R6900P before 1.3.2.132.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.20% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: netgear/d8500 firmware · netgear/r6250 firmware · netgear/r7000 firmware · netgear/r7000p firmware · netgear/r6900p firmware · netgear/r7900 firmware · netgear/r8300 firmware · netgear/r8500 firmware · netgear/r7100lg firmware · netgear/xr300 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000064483/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2020-0274Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000064483/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2020-0274Patch, Vendor Advisory

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