Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-29074

High

Published: 23 March 2021

Published
23 March 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 51.2th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-29074 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Netgear Rbw30 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects RBW30 before 2.6.2.2, RBK852 before 3.2.17.12, RBK853 before 3.2.17.12, RBK854 before 3.2.17.12, RBR850 before 3.2.17.12, RBS850 before 3.2.17.12, RBK752 before 3.2.17.12, RBK753 before 3.2.17.12,…

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RBK753S before 3.2.17.12, RBK754 before 3.2.17.12, RBR750 before 3.2.17.12, and RBS750 before 3.2.17.12.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

netgear
rbw30 firmware
≤ 2.6.2.2
netgear
rbk852 firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
netgear
rbk853 firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
netgear
rbk854 firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
netgear
rbr850 firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
netgear
rbs850 firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
netgear
rbk752 firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
netgear
rbk753 firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
netgear
rbk753s firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
netgear
rbk754 firmware
≤ 3.2.17.12
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References