CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-34991
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-11-15
- 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, CWE-787
Description
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6400v2 1.0.4.106_10.0.80 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the UPnP service, which listens on TCP port 5000 by default. When parsing the uuid request header, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-14110.
Affected configurations
• netgear ex3700 firmware (< 1.0.0.94)
• netgear ex3800 firmware (< 1.0.0.94)
• netgear ex6120 firmware (< 1.0.0.66)
• netgear ex6130 firmware (< 1.0.0.66)
• netgear r6400 firmware (< 1.0.1.76)
• netgear r6400v2 firmware (< 1.0.4.120)
• netgear r6700v3 firmware (< 1.0.4.120)
• netgear r6900p firmware (< 1.3.3.142)
• netgear r7000 firmware (< 1.0.11.128)
• netgear r7000p firmware (< 1.3.3.142)
• netgear r7100lg firmware (< 1.0.0.72)
• netgear r7850 firmware (< 1.0.5.76)
• netgear r7900p firmware (< 1.4.2.84)
• netgear r7960p firmware (< 1.4.2.84)
• netgear r8000 firmware (< 1.0.4.76)
• netgear r8000p firmware (< 1.4.2.84)
• netgear r8300 firmware (< 1.0.2.156)
• netgear r8500 firmware (< 1.0.2.156)
• netgear rax15 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax20 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax200 firmware (< 1.0.5.132)
• netgear rax35v2 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax38v2 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax40v2 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax42 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax43 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax45 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax48 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax50 firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax50s firmware (< 1.0.4.100)
• netgear rax75 firmware (< 1.0.5.132)
• netgear rax80 firmware (< 1.0.5.132)
• netgear raxe450 firmware (< 1.0.8.70)
• netgear raxe500 firmware (< 1.0.8.70)
• netgear rs400 firmware (< 1.5.1.80)
• netgear wndr3400v3 firmware (< 1.0.1.42)
• netgear wnr3500lv2 firmware (< 1.2.0.70)
• netgear xr300 firmware (< 1.0.3.68)
• netgear d6220 firmware (< 1.0.0.76)
• netgear d6400 firmware (< 1.0.0.108)
• netgear d7000v2 firmware (< 1.0.0.76)
• netgear dgn2200v4 firmware (< 1.0.0.126)
• netgear dc112a firmware (< 1.0.0.62)
• netgear cax80 firmware (< 2.1.3.5)
Related
References
- https://kb.netgear.com/000064361/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Multiple-Products-PSV-2021-0168 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1303/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kb.netgear.com/000064361/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Multiple-Products-PSV-2021-0168 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1303/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry