CVE-2021-34236
Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1.0.4.56 allows remote attackers to...
Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1.0.4.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service by sending a crafted POST to '/bd_genie_create_account.cgi' with a sufficiently long parameter 'register_country'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1.0.4.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service by sending a crafted POST to '/bd_genie_create_account.cgi' with a sufficiently long parameter 'register_country'.
- Record
CVE-2021-34236- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1.0.4.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service by sending a crafted POST to '/bd_genie_create_account.cgi' with a sufficiently long parameter 'register_country'.
- Record
CVE-2021-34236- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-20898 No score
Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1.0.4.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service by sending a crafted POST to '/bd_genie_create_account.cgi' with a sufficiently long parameter 'register_country'.
- Record
EUVD-2021-20898- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vfq9-7wg3-4mjx
Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1.0.4.56 allows remote attackers to...
Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1.0.4.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service by sending a crafted POST to '/bd_genie_create_account.cgi' with a sufficiently long parameter 'register_country'.
- Record
GHSA-vfq9-7wg3-4mjx- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-34236 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Netgear R8000 Firmware, published September 7, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.51%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.