CVE-2017-18707
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R8300 before 1.0.2.106 and R8500 before 1.0.2.106.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R8300 before 1.0.2.106 and R8500 before 1.0.2.106.
- Record
CVE-2017-18707- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9798
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R8300 before 1.0.2.106 and R8500 before 1.0.2.106.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9798- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jvg2-xj42-p2cm No score
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R8300 before 1.0.2.106 and R8500 before 1.0.2.106.
- Record
GHSA-jvg2-xj42-p2cm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R8300 before 1.0.2.106 and R8500 before 1.0.2.106.
- Record
CVE-2017-18707- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.2 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18707 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Netgear R8300 Firmware, published April 24, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.