High severity · published Apr 23, 2020
CVE-2017-18738
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker
8.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects EX6150v2 before 1.0.1.54, R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.32, R6700 before 1.0.1.22, R6900 before 1.0.1.22, R7000 before 1.0.9.10, R7000P before 1.2.0.22, R6900P before 1.2.0.22, R7100LG before 1.0.0.32, R7300DST before 1.0.0.54, R7900 before 1.0.1.18, R8000 before 1.0.3.48, R8300 before 1.0.2.106, R8500 before 1.0.2.106, R6100 before 1.0.1.16, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.48, WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.48, and WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.58.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EF
Ex6150 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.54 · source: NVD
RF
R6100 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.16 · source: NVD
RF
R6400 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.24; before 1.0.2.32 · source: NVD
RF
R6700 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.22 · source: NVD
RF
R6900 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.22 · source: NVD
RF
R6900p Firmware · Netgear
before 1.2.0.22 · source: NVD
RF
R7000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.9.10 · source: NVD
RF
R7000p Firmware · Netgear
before 1.2.0.22 · source: NVD
RF
R7100lg Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.32 · source: NVD
RF
R7300dst Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.54 · source: NVD
RF
R7900 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.18 · source: NVD
RF
R8000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.3.48 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18738
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18738
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000051517/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Extenders-PSV-2017-0706
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