CVE-2021-38515 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service on specific NETGEAR routers, requiring firmware updates to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-38515?
CVE-2021-38515 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netgear R6400 Firmware, published on 11 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by denial of service. This affects R6400v2 before 1.0.4.98, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.98, R7900 before 1.0.3.18, and R8000 before 1.0.4.46.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38515?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Netgear R6400 Firmware, Netgear R6700 Firmware, Netgear R7900 Firmware, Netgear R8000 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2021-38515?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38515 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-38515 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38515 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netgear R6400 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-78gh-fjr2-xgcp.