What is CVE-2017-18846?

CVE-2017-18846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear D8500, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-04-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-18846?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear D8500

CVE-2017-18846

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow. This affects R6250 before 1.0.4.12, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.32, R7000P/R6900P before 1.0.0.56, R7900 before 1.0.1.18, R8300 before 1.0.2.100_1.0.82, R8500 before 1.0.2.100_1.0.82, and D8500 before 1.0.3.29.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (23.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear D8500
Netgear D8500_firmware
Netgear R6250
Netgear R6250_firmware
Netgear R6400 — versions v2
Netgear R6400_firmware
Netgear R6900p
Netgear R6900p_firmware
Netgear R7000p
Netgear R7000p_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-2017-18846?: CVE-2017-18846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear D8500, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-18846?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.