VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-18726

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.79%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects R6020 before 1.0.0.30, R6080 before 1.0.0.30, R6700v2 before 1.1.0.42, R6800 before 1.1.0.42, and R6900v2 before 1.1.0.42.

CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.79% probability · 54th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-787
Affected: netgear/r6020 firmware · netgear/r6700 firmware · netgear/r6800 firmware · netgear/r6900 firmware · netgear/r6080 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000051529/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2139Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000051529/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2139Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.