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NVD PRIMARY
8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Dec 26, 2021 - 01:15 nvd
HIGH 8.8

DescriptionNVD

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects EX6000 before 1.0.0.38, EX6120 before 1.0.0.48, EX6130 before 1.0.0.30, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.52, R6400 before 1.0.1.52, R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7900 before 1.0.4.30, R8000 before 1.0.4.52, R7000P before 1.3.2.124, R8000P before 1.4.1.50, RAX80 before 1.0.3.88, R6900P before 1.3.2.124, R7900P before 1.4.1.50, and RAX75 before 1.0.3.88.

AnalysisAI

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects EX6000 before 1.0.0.38, EX6120 before 1.0.0.48, EX6130 before 1.0.0.30, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.52, R6400 before 1.0.1.52, R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7900 before 1.0.4.30, R8000 before 1.0.4.52, R7000P before 1.3.2.124, R8000P before 1.4.1.50, RAX80 before 1.0.3.88, R6900P before 1.3.2.124, R7900P before 1.4.1.50, and RAX75 before 1.0.3.88. Affected products include: Netgear Ex6000 Firmware, Netgear Ex6120 Firmware, Netgear Ex6130 Firmware, Netgear R6300V2 Firmware, Netgear R6400 Firmware. Version information: before 1.0.0.38.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.

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