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high 7.6

CVE-2021-45524 json

NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.62 are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user.

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-32290

cvss
7.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.62 are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user.

Patch / fix

  • netgear r8000_firmware 1.0.4.62

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Exploit prediction

1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N
CNA 3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

Sources

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