CVE-2021-38523
Published: 11 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-38523 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Netgear R6400 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-24973
Vulnerability details
NETGEAR R6400 devices before 1.0.1.70 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.