CVE-2018-21171 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR router models, including D6100, R7800, R9000, WNDR3700v4, and WNDR4300, before specific firmware versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) requires an authenticated user on the adjacent network to exploit, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.2.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r9000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.57CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.92CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndr3700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.98CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndr4300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.