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CVE-2018-21111

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-21111 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR router models, including the D3600, R7800, and WNDR4300, among others, prior to specific firmware versions. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker on the local network to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), the vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) but has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d3600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.2.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8900_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
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 399 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 / 000060440/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Modem-Routers-PSV-2018-0115
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