What is CVE-2018-21181?

CVE-2018-21181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D7800, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-21181?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear D7800

CVE-2018-21181

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.28, EX2700 before 1.0.1.32, EX6200v2 before 1.0.1.56, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.24, R7800 before 1.0.2.40, R9000 bef…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (68.0th 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 D7800
Netgear D7800_firmware
Netgear Ex2700
Netgear Ex2700_firmware
Netgear Ex6200 — versions v2
Netgear Ex6200_firmware
Netgear R7500 — versions v2
Netgear R7500_firmware
Netgear R7800
Netgear R7800_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-2018-21181?: CVE-2018-21181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D7800, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-21181?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.