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CVE-2017-18846

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18846 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability impacting several NETGEAR router models, including the R6250, R6400v2, R7000P/R6900P, R7900, R8300, R8500, and D8500, with specific firmware versions being vulnerable. Rated 6.7 MEDIUM, this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access (AV:L/PR:H) but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6250_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.2.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.56CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7000p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.56CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6900p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 / 000049013/Security-Advisory-for-Stack-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-PSV-2017-0793
Vendor Advisory