CVE-2021-38524
Published: 11 August 2021
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-24974
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
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.