CVE-2021-38525
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.76, D6000 before 1.0.0.76, D6200 before 1.1.00.36, D7000 before 1.0.1.70, EX6200v2 before 1.0.1.78, EX7000 before 1.0.1.78, EX8000 before 1.0.1.186, JR6150 before 1.0.1.18, PR2000 before 1.0.0.28, R6020 before 1.0.0.42, R6050 before 1.0.1.18, R6080 before 1.0.0.42, R6120 before 1.0.0.46, R6220 before 1.1.0.80, R6260 before 1.1.0.64, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.34, R6700 before 1.0.2.6, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.36, R6800 before 1.2.0.36, R6900 before 1.0.2.4, R6900P before 1.3.1.64, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.36, R7000 before 1.0.9.42, R7000P before 1.3.1.64, R7800 before 1.0.2.60, R8900 before 1.0.4.12, R9000 before 1.0.4.12, and XR500 before 2.3.2.40.
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 · 6.5–7.2
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affected products (29)
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references (4)
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- https://kb.netgear.com/000063759/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2018-0378cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38525cnnvd
- https://kb.netgear.com/000063759/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2018-0378enisa_euvd
- https://kb.netgear.com/000063759/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-Extenders-PSV-2018-0378Vendor Advisorynvd
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