CVE-2017-18730 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in several NETGEAR router models, including the D6200, R6020, R6080, R6120, R6700v2, R6800, and R6900v2, affecting versions prior to specific firmware updates. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-adjacent attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.1.00.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6020_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6080_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6120_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.1.0.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.