High severity · published Aug 11, 2021
CVE-2021-38517
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by out-of-bounds reads and writes
7.2
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by out-of-bounds reads and writes. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.70, RAX75 before 1.0.4.120, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, and XR300 before 1.0.3.50.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RF
R6400 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.70 · source: NVD
RF
Rax75 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.4.120 · source: NVD
RF
Rax80 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.4.120 · source: NVD
XF
Xr300 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.50 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38517
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38517
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000063772/Security-Advisory-for-Out-of-Bounds-Read-and-Write-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0187
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