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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.