High severity · published Aug 11, 2021
CVE-2021-38515
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by denial of service
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by denial of service. This affects R6400v2 before 1.0.4.98, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.98, R7900 before 1.0.3.18, and R8000 before 1.0.4.46.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RF
R6400 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.4.98 · source: NVD
RF
R6700 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.4.98 · source: NVD
RF
R7900 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.18 · source: NVD
RF
R8000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.4.46 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38515
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38515
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000063768/Security-Advisory-for-Denial-of-Service-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0082
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