Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-45638

Critical

Published: 26 December 2021

Published
26 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0036 58.6th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-45638 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Netgear D6220 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 41.4% 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 unauthenticated attacker. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.68, D6400 before 1.0.0.102, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.74, D8500 before 1.0.3.60, DC112A before 1.0.0.56, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.50, R6400 before 1.0.1.68, R7000 before 1.0.11.116,…

more

R7100LG before 1.0.0.70, RBS40V before 2.6.2.8, RBW30 before 2.6.2.2, RS400 before 1.5.1.80, R7000P before 1.3.2.132, and R6900P before 1.3.2.132.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

netgear
d6220 firmware
≤ 1.0.0.68
netgear
d6400 firmware
≤ 1.0.0.102
netgear
d7000v2 firmware
≤ 1.0.0.74
netgear
d8500 firmware
≤ 1.0.3.60
netgear
dc112a firmware
≤ 1.0.0.56
netgear
r6300v2 firmware
≤ 1.0.4.50
netgear
r6400 firmware
≤ 1.0.1.68
netgear
r7000 firmware
≤ 1.0.11.116
netgear
r7100lg firmware
≤ 1.0.0.70
netgear
r7000p firmware
≤ 1.3.2.132
+4 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