A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Netgear D3600, D6000, D7800, R6100, R7500, R7500v2, R9000, WNDR3700v4, WNDR4300, WNDR4300v2, WNDR4500v3 and WNR2000v5 (Wireless LAN Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.67, D6000 before 1.0.0.67, D7800 before 1.0.1.30, R6100 before 1.0.1.20, R7500 before 1.0.0.118, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.24, R9000 before 1.0.2.52, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.96, WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.98, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.50, WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.50, and WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.62.

The weakness was presented 04/28/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at kb.netgear.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-21224 since 04/20/2020. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-154512 and VDB-154511 for similar entries.

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Netgear

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• D3600
• D6000
• D7800
• R6100
• R7500
• R7500v2
• R9000
• WNDR3700v4
• WNDR4300
• WNDR4300v2
• WNDR4500v3
• WNR2000v5

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• commercial

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