CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2021-45638 — Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker

Critical CVSS 9.8

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.68, D6400 before 1.0.0.102, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.74, D8500 before 1.0.3.60, DC112A before 1.0.0.56, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.50, R6400 before 1.0.1.68, R7000 before 1.0.11.116, R7100LG before 1.0.0.70, RBS40V before 2.6.2.8, RBW30 before 2.6.2.2, RS400 before 1.5.1.80, R7000P before 1.3.2.132, and R6900P before 1.3.2.132.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2021-12-26
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Affected products

  • netgear / d6220_firmware
  • netgear / d6400_firmware
  • netgear / d7000v2_firmware
  • netgear / d8500_firmware
  • netgear / dc112a_firmware
  • netgear / r6300v2_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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