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CVE-2017-18744

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects R6250 before 1.0.

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.0014
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
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Affected Products & Versions

8
netgear r6250 firmware< 1.0.4.12
netgear r6300 firmware< 1.0.4.12
netgear r6700 firmware< 1.0.1.22
netgear r6900 firmware< 1.0.1.22
netgear r7000 firmware< 1.0.9.4
netgear r7900 firmware< 1.0.1.12
netgear r8000 firmware< 1.0.3.24
netgear r8500 firmware< 1.0.2.74
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD23 Apr 2020 · 04:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://kb.netgear.com/000051511/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0324Vendor Advisory
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