CVE-2017-18770
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 R7800 before 1.0.2.36, PLW1000v2 before 1.0.0.14, and PLW1010v2 before 1.0.0.14.
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
6.8
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.36, PLW1000v2 before 1.0.0.14, and PLW1010v2 before 1.0.0.14.
- Record
CVE-2017-18770- 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-2017-9861
6.8
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.36, PLW1000v2 before 1.0.0.14, and PLW1010v2 before 1.0.0.14.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9861- 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-f694-frrr-wm9w 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 R7800 before 1.0.2.36, PLW1000v2 before 1.0.0.14, and PLW1010v2 before 1.0.0.14.
- Record
GHSA-f694-frrr-wm9w- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.8
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.36, PLW1000v2 before 1.0.0.14, and PLW1010v2 before 1.0.0.14.
- Record
CVE-2017-18770- 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-2017-18770 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Netgear Plw1000 Firmware, published April 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.