CVE-2017-18859 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR cable modem models, including the C6300, CM400, CM700, and CMD31T, specifically in firmware versions released before May 30, 2017. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can remotely cause a complete slowdown or stoppage of affected devices with low attack complexity. While the potential impact is high availability loss, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2017-05-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:c6300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2017-05-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:cm400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2017-05-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:cm700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2017-05-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:cmd31t_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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