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CVE-2018-21212

Published: Apr 28, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-120
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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, D6100 before 1.0.0.56, D7800 before 1.0.1.30, EX2700 before 1.0.1.28, R6100 before 1.0.1.20, R7500 before 1.0.0.118, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.24, R7800 before 1.0.2.40, R9000 before 1.0.2.52, WN2000RPTv3 before 1.0.1.20, WN3000RPv3 before 1.0.2.50, WN3100RPv2 before 1.0.0.56, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.96, WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.98, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.50, and WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.50.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected Products

n/an/a
d3600 firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
d6000 firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
d6100 firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
d7800 firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
netgearcommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka net gear
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://kb.netgear.com/000055137/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-2490
kb.netgear.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 28, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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