What is CVE-2017-18759?

CVE-2017-18759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear R8300, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-18759?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear R8300

CVE-2017-18759

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R8300 before 1.0.2.104 and R8500 before 1.0.2.104.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear R8300
Netgear R8300_firmware
Netgear R8500
Netgear R8500_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18759?: CVE-2017-18759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear R8300, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-18759?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.