What is CVE-2021-45526?

CVE-2021-45526 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ex6000, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-45526?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear Ex6000

CVE-2021-45526

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects EX6000 before 1.0.0.38, EX6120 before 1.0.0.48, EX6130 before 1.0.0.30, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.52, R6400 before 1.0.1.52, R7000 before 1.0.11.12…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (35.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45526?: CVE-2021-45526 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ex6000, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-45526?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.