Medium severity · published Apr 28, 2020
CVE-2018-21197
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user
6.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.34, R6100 before 1.0.1.22, R7500 before 1.0.0.122, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.26, R7800 before 1.0.2.40, R9000 before 1.0.2.52, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.92, WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.94, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.50, WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.50, and WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.62.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DF
D7800 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.34 · source: NVD
RF
R6100 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.22 · source: NVD
RF
R7500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.26; before 1.0.0.122 · source: NVD
RF
R7800 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.40 · source: NVD
RF
R9000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.52 · source: NVD
WF
Wndr3700 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.92 · source: NVD
WF
Wndr4300 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.94; before 1.0.0.50 · source: NVD
WF
Wndr4500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.50 · source: NVD
WF
Wnr2000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.62 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21197
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21197
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000055152/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2596
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