High severity · published Aug 11, 2021
CVE-2021-38526
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RAX35 before 1.0.3.94, RAX38 before 1.0.3.94, and RAX40 before 1.0.3.94.
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)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RF
Rax35 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.94 · source: NVD
RF
Rax38 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.94 · source: NVD
RF
Rax40 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.94 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38526
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38526
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000063782/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2020-0416
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