CVE-2021-45530
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7960P before 1.4.2.84, R8000 before 1.0.4.74, RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, R8000P before 1.4.2.84, RAX20 before 1.0.2.82, RAX45 before 1.0.2.82, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, R7900P before 1.4.2.84, RAX15 before 1.0.2.82, RAX50 before 1.0.2.82, and RAX75 before 1.0.4.120.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7960P before 1.4.2.84, R8000 before 1.0.4.74, RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, R8000P before 1.4.2.84, RAX20 before 1.0.2.82, RAX45 before 1.0.2.82, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, R7900P before 1.4.2.84, RAX15 before 1.0.2.82, RAX50 before 1.0.2.82, and RAX75 before 1.0.4.120.
- Record
CVE-2021-45530- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-32296
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7960P before 1.4.2.84, R8000 before 1.0.4.74, RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, R8000P before 1.4.2.84, RAX20 before 1.0.2.82, RAX45 before 1.0.2.82, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, R7900P before 1.4.2.84, RAX15 before 1.0.2.82, RAX50 before 1.0.2.82, and RAX75 before 1.0.4.120.
- Record
EUVD-2021-32296- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c22f-2mc2-g4mc No score
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7960P before 1.4.2.84, R8000 before 1.0.4.74, RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, R8000P before 1.4.2.84, RAX20 before 1.0.2.82, RAX45 before 1.0.2.82, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, R7900P before 1.4.2.84, RAX15 before 1.0.2.82, RAX50 before 1.0.2.82, and RAX75 before 1.0.4.120.
- Record
GHSA-c22f-2mc2-g4mc- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7960P before 1.4.2.84, R8000 before 1.0.4.74, RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, R8000P before 1.4.2.84, RAX20 before 1.0.2.82, RAX45 before 1.0.2.82, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, R7900P before 1.4.2.84, RAX15 before 1.0.2.82, RAX50 before 1.0.2.82, and RAX75 before 1.0.4.120.
- Record
CVE-2021-45530- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - 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-2021-45530 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.5) in Netgear R7000 Firmware, published December 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.90%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.