What is CVE-2018-21163?

CVE-2018-21163 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Dgn2200, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-21163?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear Dgn2200

CVE-2018-21163

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects DGN2200Bv4 before 1.0.0.102, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.102, EX3700 before 1.0.0.70, EX3800 before 1.0.0.70, EX6000 before 1.0.0.30, E…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (60.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Dgn2200 — versions v4
Netgear Dgn2200b — versions v4
Netgear Dgn2200b_firmware
Netgear Dgn2200_firmware
Netgear Ex3700
Netgear Ex3700_firmware
Netgear Ex3800
Netgear Ex3800_firmware
Netgear Ex6000
Netgear Ex6000_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-2018-21163?: CVE-2018-21163 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Dgn2200, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-21163?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.