What is CVE-2017-18864?

CVE-2017-18864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R6400, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-18864?

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

Buffer overflow in Netgear R6400

CVE-2017-18864

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.32, R6700 before 1.0.1.22, R6900 before 1.0.1.22, R7000 before 1.0.9.4, R7000P before 1.0.0…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (42.8th 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_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18864?: CVE-2017-18864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R6400, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-18864?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.