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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2018-21183 json

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.

published 2020-04-28 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-13701

cvss
6.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.40, R9000 before 1.0.2.52, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.92, and WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.94.

Patch / fix

  • netgear r7800_firmware 1.0.2.40
  • netgear r9000_firmware 1.0.2.52
  • netgear wndr3700_firmware 1.0.2.92
  • netgear wndr4300_firmware 1.0.2.94

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.8 CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.0 6.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.2 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.