CVE-2017-18761
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an...
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.
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
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.
- Record
CVE-2017-18761- 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-2017-9852
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9852- 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-2j88-c6j2-6283 No score
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an...
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.
- Record
GHSA-2j88-c6j2-6283- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.
- Record
CVE-2017-18761- 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-787
- 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-2017-18761 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Netgear R8000 Firmware, published April 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.66%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.