Medium severity · published Apr 22, 2020
CVE-2017-18761
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user
6.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RF
R8000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18761
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18761
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000051484/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-R8000-PSV-2017-2229
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