What is CVE-2017-18744?

CVE-2017-18744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R6250, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-18744?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear R6250

CVE-2017-18744

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 1.0.1.1…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (42.7th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18744?: CVE-2017-18744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R6250, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-18744?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.