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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2017-18744 json

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

published 2020-04-23 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-9835

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • 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

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.