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CVE-2021-45606

Published: Dec 26, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
NVD MITRE
4.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.70, R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7900 before 1.0.4.46, R7900P before 1.4.2.84, R7960P before 1.4.2.84, R8000 before 1.0.4.74, R8000P before 1.4.2.84, RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, RS400 before 1.5.1.80, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.118, R7000P before 1.3.3.140, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.118, R6900P before 1.3.3.140, and RAX75 before 1.0.4.120.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

r6400 firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
r7000 firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
r7900 firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
r7900p firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
r7960p firmwarenetgearNetworking Infrastructure
netgearcommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka net gear
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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/000064498/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2020-0499
kb.netgear.com
https://kb.netgear.com/000064498/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2020-0499
kb.netgear.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45606
nvd.nist.gov

Timeline

Published
Dec 26, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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