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CVE-2017-18726

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18726 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR router models, including the R6020, R6080, R6700v2, R6800, and R6900v2, in specific firmware versions. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 8.8), allowing an unauthenticated attacker on the adjacent network to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6020_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.1.0.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.1.0.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.1.0.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6080_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.netgear.com / 000051529/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2139
Vendor Advisory