What is CVE-2017-18738?

CVE-2017-18738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ex6150, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-18738?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear Ex6150

CVE-2017-18738

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects EX6150v2 before 1.0.1.54, R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.32, R6700 before 1.0.1.22, R6900 before 1.0.1.22, R700…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (54.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Ex6150 — versions v2
Netgear Ex6150_firmware
Netgear R6100
Netgear R6100_firmware
Netgear R6400 — versions v2
Netgear R6400_firmware
Netgear R6700
Netgear R6700_firmware
Netgear R6900
Netgear R6900_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18738?: CVE-2017-18738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ex6150, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-18738?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.