What is CVE-2021-38526?

CVE-2021-38526 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Rax35, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-38526?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear Rax35

CVE-2021-38526

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RAX35 before 1.0.3.94, RAX38 before 1.0.3.94, and RAX40 before 1.0.3.94.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Netgear Rax35
Netgear Rax35_firmware
Netgear Rax38
Netgear Rax38_firmware
Netgear Rax40
Netgear Rax40_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38526?: CVE-2021-38526 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Rax35, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-38526?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.