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CVE-2021-38517

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by out-of-bounds reads and writes. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.70, RAX75 before

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by out-of-bounds reads and writes. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.70, RAX75 before 1.0.4.120, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, and XR300 before 1.0.3.50.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.00309
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Weakness Classification

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

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netgear r6400 firmware< 1.0.1.70
netgear rax75 firmware< 1.0.4.120
netgear rax80 firmware< 1.0.4.120
netgear xr300 firmware< 1.0.3.50
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Scoring & Timeline

6.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 Aug 2021 · 12:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://kb.netgear.com/000063772/Security-Advisory-for-Out-of-Bounds-Read-and-Write-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0187Vendor Advisory
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