What is CVE-2018-21218?

CVE-2018-21218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D3600, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-21218?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear D3600

CVE-2018-21218

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.67, D6000 before 1.0.0.67, D6100 before 1.0.0.56, D7800 before 1.0.1.30, R6100 before 1.0.1.20, R7500 before 1.0.0.11…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21218?: CVE-2018-21218 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D3600, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-21218?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.