What is CVE-2017-18770?

CVE-2017-18770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Plw1000, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-18770?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear Plw1000

CVE-2017-18770

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.36, PLW1000v2 before 1.0.0.14, and PLW1010v2 before 1.0.0.14.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (43.4th 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 Plw1000 — versions v2
Netgear Plw1000_firmware
Netgear Plw1010 — versions v2
Netgear Plw1010_firmware
Netgear R7800
Netgear R7800_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

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-2017-18770?: CVE-2017-18770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Plw1000, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-18770?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.