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High severity · published May 5, 2020
CVE-2017-18864
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects 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 1.0.9.4, R7000P before 1.0.0.56, R6900P before 1.0.0.56, R7100LG before 1.0.0.32, R7300 before 1.0.0.54, R7900 before 1.0.1.18, R8300 before 1.0.2.104, and R8500 before 1.0.2.104.
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)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
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 1.0.0.56 · source: NVD
RF
R7000 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.9.4 · source: NVD
RF
R7000p Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.56 · source: NVD
RF
R7100lg Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.32 · source: NVD
RF
R7300 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.0.54 · source: NVD
RF
R7900 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.18 · source: NVD
RF
R8300 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.104 · source: NVD
RF
R8500 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.2.104 · source: NVD
Affected product
RF
R6400 Firmware
Netgear
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18864
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18864
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000051495/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Routers-PSV-2017-0791
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