Evidence used
- No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
- Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
- EPSS is 0.45% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceFull vulnerability report · 2021
CVE-2021-45526High confidence
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user
Unknown · Unknown
7.3HighCVSS 3.1
Within 7 days
Patch availableHigh technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.
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Open reassessment dashboard →Operational reassessment
Published severity in operational context
Published severityHigh→Operational priority:Medium, lowered one band.downgradedsince 4 Aug 2024
Compensating controls
- Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
- Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
- Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.
Verification
- Confirm that the asset runs Unknown Unknown and falls inside the recorded affected range.
- Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
- Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
- Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.
Patch available01
What, why and how
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.
What
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.
Why
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with elevated privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
What
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.
Why
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with elevated privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
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Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation No confirmed evidence
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material None recorded
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
- Likely attack path
- local access → Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
- Attack surface
- Local
- Privileges required
- High: elevated access is required
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
- Security boundary
- Changed: exploitation can affect a different security authority
- Weakness
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CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness. - CWE-120 ↗
CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'). The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
- CVSS vector
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CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity. CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:C/UI:NCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.CLowConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.ILowIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.PRHighPrivileges required: The attacker needs elevated or administrative privileges.SChangedScope: The attack can affect a component governed by a different security authority.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.- Post-exploitation / living off the land
- The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
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Patch and workaround
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
- Status
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Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change. - Patch available
- Affected
- n/a
- Action
- Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
- Workaround
- No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
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Evidence and provenance
Published 26 Dec 2021 · Last source change 4 Aug 2024, 04:39 UTC · CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
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The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-32292
Product sourceUnavailable
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment
Missing structured fields: affected product. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.
Material change intelligence
View recent updates ↗What changed after publication
No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
- CVE
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
- CWE
- Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
- CNA
- CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
- CISA ADP
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
- NVD
- National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
- CERT / CSIRT
- A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
- PoC
- Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
- CSAF
- Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
- LoTL
- Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.