What is CVE-2021-38525?

CVE-2021-38525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear D3600, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-38525?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear D3600

CVE-2021-38525

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.76, D6000 before 1.0.0.76, D6200 before 1.1.00.36, D7000 before 1.0.1.70, EX6200v2 before 1.0.1.78, EX7000 befo…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (59.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear D3600
Netgear D3600_firmware
Netgear D6000
Netgear D6000_firmware
Netgear D6200
Netgear D6200_firmware
Netgear D7000
Netgear D7000_firmware
Netgear Ex6200 — versions v2
Netgear Ex6200_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38525?: CVE-2021-38525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear D3600, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-38525?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.