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CVE-2018-21151 json

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-13669

cvss
6.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.34, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.26, R7800 before 1.0.2.42, R8900 before 1.0.3.10, R9000 before 1.0.3.10, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.54, and WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.54.

Patch / fix

  • netgear d7800_firmware 1.0.1.34
  • netgear r7500_firmware 1.0.3.26
  • netgear r7800_firmware 1.0.2.42
  • netgear r8900_firmware 1.0.3.10
  • netgear r9000_firmware 1.0.3.10
  • netgear wndr4300_firmware 1.0.0.54
  • netgear wndr4500_firmware 1.0.0.54

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Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.8 CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.0 6.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.2 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.