Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-45608 (CCN-216402)

Assigned:2021-12-20
Published:2021-12-20
Updated:2022-04-29
Summary:Certain D-Link, Edimax, NETGEAR, TP-Link, Tenda, and Western Digital devices are affected by an integer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. Remote code execution from the WAN interface (TCP port 20005) cannot be ruled out; however, exploitability was judged to be of "rather significant complexity" but not "impossible." The overflow is in SoftwareBus_dispatchNormalEPMsgOut in the KCodes NetUSB kernel module. Affected NETGEAR devices are D7800 before 1.0.1.68, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.122, and R6700v3 before 1.0.4.122.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)
5.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-190
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-45608

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
netgear-cve202145608-bo(216402)

Source: CCN
Type: NETGEAR Security Advisory: PSV-2021-0278
Security Advisory for Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow on Multiple Products

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000064437/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Multiple-Products-PSV-2021-0278

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/cve-2021-45608-netusb-rce-flaw-in-millions-of-end-user-routers/

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:d7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 1.0.1.68)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:d7800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:r6400v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 1.0.4.122)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:r6400v2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:netgear:r6700v3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 1.0.4.122)
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netgear:r6700v3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/h:netgear:d7800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    netgear d7800 firmware *
    netgear d7800 -
    netgear r6400v2 firmware *
    netgear r6400v2 -
    netgear r6700v3 firmware *
    netgear r6700v3 -
    netgear d7800 -