D6400 Firmware
CVE-2021-45610
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Buffer copy size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.
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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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 unauthenticated attacker. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.66, D6400 before 1.0.0.100, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.66, D8500 before 1.0.3.58, DC112A before 1.0.0.52, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.118, EAX80 before 1.0.1.64, R6250 before 1.0.4.48, R7000 before 1.0.11.110, R7100LG before 1.0.0.72, R7900 before 1.0.4.30, R7960P before 1.4.1.64, R8000 before 1.0.4.62, RAX200 before 1.0.3.106, RS400 before 1.5.1.80, XR300 before 1.0.3.68, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.106, R7000P before 1.3.2.132, R8000P before 1.4.1.64, RAX20 before 1.0.2.82, RAX45 before 1.0.2.82, RAX80 before 1.0.3.106, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.106, R6900P before 1.3.2.132, R7900P before 1.4.1.64, RAX15 before 1.0.2.82, RAX50 before 1.0.2.82, and RAX75 before 1.0.3.106. Affected products include: Netgear D6220 Firmware, Netgear D6400 Firmware, Netgear D7000V2 Firmware, Netgear D8500 Firmware, Netgear Dc112A Firmware. Version information: before 1.0.0.66.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.66, D6400 before 1.0.0.100, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.66, D8500 before 1.0.3.58, DC112A before 1.0.0.52, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.118, EAX80 before 1.0.1.64, R6250 before 1.0.4.48, R7000 before 1.0.11.110, R7100LG before 1.0.0.72, R7900 before 1.0.4.30, R7960P before 1.4.1.64, R8000 before 1.0.4.62, RAX200 before 1.0.3.106, RS400 before 1.5.1.80, XR300 before 1.0.3.68, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.106, R7000P before 1.3.2.132, R8000P before 1.4.1.64, RAX20 before 1.0.2.82, RAX45 before 1.0.2.82, RAX80 before 1.0.3.106, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.106, R6900P before 1.3.2.132, R7900P before 1.4.1.64, RAX15 before 1.0.2.82, RAX50 before 1.0.2.82, and RAX75 before 1.0.3.106.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
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