What is CVE-2018-21093?

CVE-2018-21093 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D8500, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-21093?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear D8500

CVE-2018-21093

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D8500 before 1.0.3.42, EX3700 before 1.0.0.70, EX3800 before 1.0.0.70, EX6000 before 1.0.0.30, EX6100 before 1.0.2.24, EX612…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (44.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear D8500
Netgear D8500_firmware
Netgear Ex3700
Netgear Ex3700_firmware
Netgear Ex3800
Netgear Ex3800_firmware
Netgear Ex6000
Netgear Ex6000_firmware
Netgear Ex6100
Netgear Ex6100_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21093?: CVE-2018-21093 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D8500, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-21093?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.