What is CVE-2021-45528?

CVE-2021-45528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R6300v2, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-45528?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear R6300v2

CVE-2021-45528

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R6300v2 before 1.0.4.52, R6400 before 1.0.1.52, R6900 before 1.0.2.8, R7000 before 1.0.9.88, R7900 before 1.0.3.18, R8000 before 1.0.4.46, R79…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (41.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/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 (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45528?: CVE-2021-45528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R6300v2, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-45528?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.