CVE-2018-21097 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting various NETGEAR wireless access points and routers, including models like WAC505, WAC510, and WNDAP360, across specific firmware versions. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and low attack complexity. Despite its severity, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.0.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac505_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.0.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac120_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wn604_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.7.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnap320_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.