CVE-2018-21218 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR router models, including the D3600, D6000, D7800, R7500, and WNDR series, among others, before specific firmware versions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its attack vector requiring only adjacent network access, no authentication, and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.0.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r9000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.96CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndr3700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.98CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndr4300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.118CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7500_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.