CVE-2017-18846
What it is
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow. This affects R6250 before 1.0.4.12, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.32, R7000P/R6900P before 1.0.0.56, R7900 before 1.0.1.18, R8300 before 1.0.2.100_1.0.82, R8500 before 1.0.2.100_1.0.82, and D8500 before 1.0.3.29.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.7 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Netgear r6250 Firmware < 1.0.4.12
- Netgear r6400 Firmware < 1.0.2.32
- Netgear r7000p Firmware < 1.0.0.56
- Netgear r6900p Firmware < 1.0.0.56
- Netgear r7900 Firmware < 1.0.1.18
- Netgear r8300 Firmware < 1.0.2.100_1.0.82
- Netgear r8500 Firmware < 1.0.2.100_1.0.82
- Netgear d8500 Firmware < 1.0.3.29
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.7
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://kb.netgear.com/000049013/Security-Advisory-for-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-PSV-2017-0793
- https://kb.netgear.com/000049013/Security-Advisory-for-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-PSV-2017-0793