CVE-2018-21134
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 69th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects R6700 before 1.0.1.48, R7900 before 1.0.2.16, R6900 before 1.0.1.48, R7000P before 1.3.1.44, R6900P before 1.3.1.44, R6250 before 1.0.4.30, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.32, R6400 before 1.0.1.44, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.60, R7000 before 1.0.9.34, R7100LG before 1.0.0.48, R7300 before 1.0.0.68, R8000 before 1.0.4.18, R8000P before 1.4.1.24, R7900P before 1.4.1.24, R8500 before 1.0.2.122, R8300 before 1.0.2.122, WN2500RPv2 before 1.0.1.54, EX3700 before 1.0.0.72, EX3800 before 1.0.0.72, EX6000 before 1.0.0.32, EX6100 before 1.0.2.24, EX6120 before 1.0.0.42, EX6130 before 1.0.0.24, EX6150v1 before 1.0.0.42, EX6200 before 1.0.3.88, EX7000 before 1.0.0.66, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.51, D6220 before 1.0.0.46, D6400 before 1.0.0.82, and D8500 before 1.0.3.42.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
1.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 69th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 1673 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- r6700 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure
- r7900 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure
- r6900 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure
- r7000p firmwareNetworking Infrastructure
- r6900p firmwareNetworking Infrastructure
- r6250 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure
- r6300 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure
- r6400 firmwareNetworking Infrastructure
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 9.8 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Initial AccessT1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationhigh confidence
- Privilege EscalationT1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationhigh confidence
Sources
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