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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.6

CVE-2021-45527 json

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

published 2021-12-26 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-32293

cvss
9.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.68, D6400 before 1.0.0.102, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.66, D8500 before 1.0.3.58, DC112A before 1.0.0.54, EX7000 before 1.0.1.94, EX7500 before 1.0.0.72, R6250 before 1.0.4.48, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.52, R6400 before 1.0.1.70, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.102, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.102, R7000 before 1.0.11.116, R7100LG before 1.0.0.64, R7850 before 1.0.5.68, R7900 before 1.0.4.30, R7960P before 1.4.1.68, R8000 before 1.0.4.52, RAX200 before 1.0.2.88, RBS40V before 2.6.2.4, RS400 before 1.5.1.80, XR300 before 1.0.3.56, R7000P before 1.3.2.124, R8000P before 1.4.1.68, R8500 before 1.0.2.144, RAX80 before 1.0.3.102, R6900P before 1.3.2.124, R7900P before 1.4.1.68, R8300 before 1.0.2.144, RAX75 before 1.0.3.102, RBR750 before 3.2.17.12, RBR850 before 3.2.17.12, RBS750 before 3.2.17.12, RBS850 before 3.2.17.12, RBK752 before 3.2.17.12, and RBK852 before 3.2.17.12.

Patch / fix

  • netgear rbk752_firmware 3.2.17.12
  • netgear rbr750_firmware 3.2.17.12
  • netgear rbs750_firmware 3.2.17.12
  • netgear rbk852_firmware 3.2.17.12
  • netgear rbr850_firmware 3.2.17.12
  • netgear rbs850_firmware 3.2.17.12
  • netgear d6220_firmware 1.0.0.68
  • netgear d6400_firmware 1.0.0.102
  • netgear d7000v2_firmware 1.0.0.66
  • netgear d8500_firmware 1.0.3.58
  • netgear dc112a_firmware 1.0.0.54
  • netgear ex7000_firmware 1.0.1.94
  • netgear ex7500_firmware 1.0.0.72
  • netgear r6250_firmware 1.0.4.48
  • netgear r6300v2_firmware 1.0.4.52
  • netgear r6400_firmware 1.0.1.70
  • netgear r6400v2_firmware 1.0.4.102
  • netgear r6700v3_firmware 1.0.4.102
  • netgear r7000_firmware 1.0.11.116
  • netgear r7100lg_firmware 1.0.0.64

Exploit prediction

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
CNA 3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

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.