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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-18744

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

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.56%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). 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 buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects R6250 before 1.0.4.12, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.12, R6700 before 1.0.1.22, R6900 before 1.0.1.22, R7000 before 1.0.9.4, R7900 before 1.0.1.12, R8000 before 1.0.3.24, and R8500 before 1.0.2.74.

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
0.56% probability · 45th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
netgear/r6250 firmware · netgear/r6300 firmware · netgear/r6700 firmware · netgear/r6900 firmware · netgear/r7000 firmware · netgear/r7900 firmware · netgear/r8000 firmware · netgear/r8500 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

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