{"id":"CVE-2017-18729","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18729","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:20:52.266Z","title":"Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.","description":"Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D6200 before 1.1.00.24, R6020 before 1.0.0.30, R6080 before 1.0.0.30, R6120 before 1.0.0.36, R6700v2 before 1.1.0.42, R6800 before 1.1.0.42, and R6900v2 before 1.1.0.42.","published":"2020-04-24T13:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:13:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["netgear/d6200 firmware","netgear/r6020 firmware","netgear/r6080 firmware","netgear/r6120 firmware","netgear/r6700 firmware","netgear/r6800 firmware","netgear/r6900 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00788,"percentile":0.5601,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000051526/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2135","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000051526/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2017-2135","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18729","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}