CVE-2021-45526 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR router models, including the R7000, R8000, and RAX80, among others. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.0.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6120_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6130_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.4.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6300v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.