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CVE-2017-18865

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-05-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects R8300 before 1.0.2.104 and R8500 before 1.0.2.104.

Affected products

• NETGEAR R8300 Firmware: before 1.0.2.104 — fixed in 1.0.2.104
• NETGEAR R8500 Firmware: before 1.0.2.104 — fixed in 1.0.2.104

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR R8300 Firmware 1.0.2.104; NETGEAR R8500 Firmware 1.0.2.104. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000051485/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-R8300-and-R8500-PSV-2017-2228
• https://kb.netgear.com/000051485/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-R8300-and-R8500-PSV-2017-2228

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