CVE-2018-21117 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NETGEAR XR500 devices before 2.3.2.32 are affected by remote code execution by unauthenticated attackers via the traceroute handler.

Published: 2020-04-22

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:xr500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:xr500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13635	NETGEAR XR500 devices before 2.3.2.32 are affected by remote code execution by unauthenticated attackers via the traceroute handler.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01052.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kb.netgear.com/000060241/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-XR500-PSV-2018-0313

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Netgear Xr500 Xr500 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-22T15:00:54.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:19:27.649Z

Reserved: 2020-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-21117

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-22T15:15:13.787

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:54:10.213

Link: CVE-2018-21117

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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