CVE-2018-21210 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in various NETGEAR devices, including specific models of D3600, D6000, D7800, and others, prior to their respective patched firmware versions. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker on the adjacent network to execute arbitrary code, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it represents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and lack of required user interaction or privileges. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.0.67CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d3600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.67CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex2700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.