What is CVE-2017-18779?

CVE-2017-18779 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D6200, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-18779?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear D6200

CVE-2017-18779

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow. This affects D6200 before 1.1.00.24, D7000 before 1.0.1.52, JNR1010v2 before 1.1.0.44, JR6150 before 1.0.1.12, JWNR2010v5 before 1.1.0.44, PR2000 before 1.0.0.20, R6020 before 1.0…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (27.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-2017-18779?: CVE-2017-18779 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D6200, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-18779?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.