CVE-2018-21097
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects WAC505 before 5.0.5.4, WAC510 before 5.0.5.4, WAC120 before 2.1.7, WN604 before 3.3.10, WNAP320 before 3.7.11.4, WNAP210v2 before 3.7.11.4, WNDAP350 before 3.7.11.4, WNDAP360 before 3.7.11.4, WNDAP660 before 3.7.11.4, WNDAP620 before 2.1.7, and WND930 before 2.1.5.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.1–9.8
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affected products (12)
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also known as (3)
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references (4)
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- https://kb.netgear.com/000060457/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0094cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21097cnnvd
- https://kb.netgear.com/000060457/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0094enisa_euvd
- https://kb.netgear.com/000060457/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0094Vendor Advisorynvd
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