CVE-2018-21156

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 71.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-04-27 17:14Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 12:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-04-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d070e33be1838084e0cf9222f8bfe83d5ffb3113ed417e6707c5cf8456c6755c

• kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000059474/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Gateways-Routers-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-2460x_refsource_CONFIRM