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CVE-2017-18770

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18770 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in specific NETGEAR devices, including the R7800, PLW1000v2, and PLW1010v2, that can be triggered by an authenticated user. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), this flaw allows an attacker on the adjacent network with high privileges to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, or entries in ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, indicating low public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.2.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:plw1000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:plw1010_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0058 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 399 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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 / 000051473/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Powerlines-and-a-Router-PSV-2016-0121
Vendor Advisory