Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-38524

Medium

Published: 11 August 2021

Published
11 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0029 53.0th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-38524 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Netgear Mk62 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47.0% 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 MK62 before 1.0.6.110, MR60 before 1.0.6.110, MS60 before 1.0.6.110, RAX15 before 1.0.2.82, RAX20 before 1.0.2.82, RAX200 before 1.0.3.106, RAX45 before 1.0.2.32, RAX50 before 1.0.2.32,…

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RAX75 before 1.0.3.106, RAX80 before 1.0.3.106, RBK752 before 3.2.16.6, RBR750 before 3.2.16.6, and RBS750 before 3.2.16.6.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

netgear
mk62 firmware
≤ 1.0.6.110
netgear
mr60 firmware
≤ 1.0.6.110
netgear
ms60 firmware
≤ 1.0.6.110
netgear
rax15 firmware
≤ 1.0.2.82
netgear
rax20 firmware
≤ 1.0.2.82
netgear
rax200 firmware
≤ 1.0.3.106
netgear
rax45 firmware
≤ 1.0.2.32
netgear
rax50 firmware
≤ 1.0.2.32
netgear
rax75 firmware
≤ 1.0.3.106
netgear
rax80 firmware
≤ 1.0.3.106
+3 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