What is CVE-2018-21170?

CVE-2018-21170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ex2700, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-21170?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear Ex2700

CVE-2018-21170

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects EX2700 before 1.0.1.28, R7800 before 1.0.2.40, WN2000RPTv3 before 1.0.1.20, WN3000RPv3 before 1.0.2.50, and WN3100RPv2 befor…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (48.3th 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 Ex2700
Netgear Ex2700_firmware
Netgear R7800
Netgear R7800_firmware
Netgear Wn2000rpt — versions v3
Netgear Wn2000rpt_firmware
Netgear Wn3000rp — versions v3
Netgear Wn3000rp_firmware
Netgear Wn3100rp — versions v2
Netgear Wn3100rp_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-2018-21170?: CVE-2018-21170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ex2700, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-21170?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.