{"id":"CVE-2017-18744","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18744","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:45:57.263Z","title":"Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.","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.","published":"2020-04-23T16:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:13:28.000Z","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-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"],"epss":{"score":0.00565,"percentile":0.46766,"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 (0.56%). 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/000051511/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0324","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000051511/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0324","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18744","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."}