What is CVE-2017-10853?

CVE-2017-10853 is a high-severity vulnerability in Corega Cg-Wgr 1200, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-10853?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Corega Cg-Wgr 1200

CVE-2017-10853

Buffer overflow in Corega CG-WGR1200 firmware 2.20 and earlier allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Corega Cg-Wgr 1200
Corega Cg-Wgr 1200 Firmware
Corega Inc Cg-Wgr1200 — versions firmware 2.20 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN15201064/index.html (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
corega.jp/support/security/20180309_wgr1200.htm (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10853?: CVE-2017-10853 is a high-severity vulnerability in Corega Cg-Wgr 1200, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-10853?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.