CVE-2018-21163
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects DGN2200Bv4 before 1.0.0.102, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.102, EX3700 before 1.0.0.70, EX3800 before 1.0.0.70, EX6000 before 1.0.0.30, EX6100 before 1.0.2.22, EX6120 before 1.0.0.40, EX6130 before 1.0.0.22, EX6150 before 1.0.0.38, EX6200 before 1.0.3.86, EX7000 before 1.0.0.64, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.22, R6900P before 1.3.0.18, R7000P before 1.3.0.18, R7300DST before 1.0.0.62, R7900P before 1.3.0.10, R8000 before 1.0.4.12, R8000P before 1.3.0.10, WN2500RPv2 before 1.0.1.52, and WNDR3400v3 before 1.0.1.18.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2
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affected products (21)
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references (4)
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- https://kb.netgear.com/000055196/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-0308cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21163cnnvd
- https://kb.netgear.com/000055196/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-0308enisa_euvd
- https://kb.netgear.com/000055196/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-0308Vendor Advisorynvd
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