CVE-2017-6862 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting NETGEAR WNR2000v3, WNR2000v4, and WNR2000v5 routers, allowing authentication bypass and remote code execution through a crafted parameter in the administration web application. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports linking it to state-sponsored hacking activities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.0.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.1.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.