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CVE-2017-18761

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

NETGEAR R8000 devices before 1.0.4.2 are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.

Affected products

• NETGEAR R8000 Firmware: before 1.0.4.2 — fixed in 1.0.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR R8000 Firmware 1.0.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000051484/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-R8000-PSV-2017-2229
• https://kb.netgear.com/000051484/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-R8000-PSV-2017-2229

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