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Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published Dec 27, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D8500 before 1.0.3.58, R6250 before 1.0.4.48, R7000 before 1.0.11.116, R7100LG before 1.0.0.64, R7900 before 1.0.4.38, R8300 before 1.0.2.144, R8500 before 1.0.2.144, XR300 before 1.0.3.68, R7000P before 1.3.2.132, and R6900P before 1.3.2.132.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 26, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 27, 2021
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Critical

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(56th percentile)

Weaknesses

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2021-45609

GHSA ID

GHSA-3wm8-ccjv-8v3m

Source code

No known source code

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