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CVE-2018-21156

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-21156 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR router and extender models, including the D6220, R7000, and EX6100 series, among others, across various firmware versions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. The attack vector is network-based with low attack complexity, requiring high privileges for exploitation, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6220_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.74CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.74CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.3.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.102CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dgn2200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.netgear.com / 000059474/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Gateways-Routers-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-2460
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