CVE-2021-45527 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR router and extender models, allowing an authenticated user to potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2.17.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rbk752_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.2.17.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rbr750_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.2.17.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rbs750_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.2.17.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rbk852_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.2.17.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rbr850_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.