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CVE-2018-21216

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-21216 describes a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability affecting specific NETGEAR D3600, D6000, D6100, and R6100 router models. An unauthenticated attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this flaw, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant risk. Organizations should update affected devices to the specified firmware versions to mitigate this threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.67CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.67CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d3600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.56CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.netgear.com / 000055121/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2485
Vendor Advisory