CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-27239

8.8 HIGH Published 2021-03-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-03-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
8.3 HIGH — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-121

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6400 and R6700 firmware version 1.0.4.98 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the upnpd service, which listens on UDP port 1900 by default. A crafted MX header field in an SSDP message can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-11851.

Affected configurations

• netgear d6220 firmware (< 1.0.0.68) • netgear d6400 firmware (< 1.0.0.102) • netgear d7000 firmware (< 1.0.0.66) • netgear d8500 firmware (< 1.0.3.60) • netgear dc112a firmware (< 1.0.0.54) • netgear ex7000 firmware (< 1.0.1.94) • netgear ex7500 firmware (< 1.0.0.72) • netgear r6250 firmware (< 1.0.4.48) • netgear r6300 firmware (< 1.0.4.50) • netgear r6400 firmware (< 1.0.1.68) • netgear r6400 firmware (< 1.0.4.102) • netgear r6700 firmware (< 1.0.4.102) • netgear r6900p firmware (< 1.3.2.132) • netgear r7000 firmware (< 1.0.11.116) • netgear r7000p firmware (< 1.3.2.132) • netgear r7100lg firmware (< 1.0.0.64) • netgear r7850 firmware (< 1.0.5.68) • netgear r7900 firmware (< 1.0.4.38) • netgear r7900p firmware (< 1.4.1.68) • netgear r7960p firmware (< 1.4.1.68) • netgear r8000 firmware (< 1.0.4.68) • netgear r8000p firmware (< 1.4.1.68) • netgear r8300 firmware (< 1.0.2.144) • netgear r8500 firmware (< 1.0.2.144) • netgear rax200 firmware (< 1.0.2.88) • netgear rax75 firmware (< 1.0.3.102) • netgear rax80 firmware (< 1.0.3.102) • netgear rbr750 firmware (< 3.2.17.12) • netgear rbr850 firmware (< 3.2.17.12) • netgear rbs40v firmware (< 2.6.2.4) • netgear rbs750 firmware (< 3.2.17.12) • netgear rbs850 firmware (< 3.2.17.12) • netgear rs400 firmware (<= 1.5.0.68) • netgear wndr3400 firmware (< 1.0.1.38) • netgear wnr3500l firmware (< 1.2.0.66) • netgear xr300 firmware (< 1.0.3.56)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References