CVE-2018-21215
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.67, D6000 before 1.0.0.67, D6100 before 1.0.0.56, EX2700 before 1.0.1.28, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.24, R9000 before 1.0.2.52, WN2000RPTv3 before 1.0.1.20, WN3000RPv3 before 1.0.2.50, and WN3100RPv2 before 1.0.0.56.
cvss
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 · 5.8–8.8
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affected products (10)
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also known as (3)
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references (4)
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- https://kb.netgear.com/000055122/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-2486cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21215cnnvd
- https://kb.netgear.com/000055122/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-2486enisa_euvd
- https://kb.netgear.com/000055122/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-2486Vendor Advisorynvd
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