What is CVE-2021-38517?

CVE-2021-38517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6400, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-38517?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in NETGEAR R6400

CVE-2021-38517

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by out-of-bounds reads and writes. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.70, RAX75 before 1.0.4.120, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, and XR300 before 1.0.3.50.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (52.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear R6400
Netgear R6400_firmware
Netgear Rax75
Netgear Rax75_firmware
Netgear Rax80
Netgear Rax80_firmware
Netgear Xr300
Netgear Xr300_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38517?: CVE-2021-38517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6400, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-38517?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.