CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6862

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2017-05-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

NETGEAR Multiple Devices Buffer Overflow Vulnerability — NETGEAR Multiple Devices

Multiple NETGEAR devices contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass and remote code execution.

Added to KEV
2022-06-08
Remediation due
2022-06-22
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6862
Status
Analyzed
Published
2017-05-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Description

NETGEAR WNR2000v3 devices before 1.1.2.14, WNR2000v4 devices before 1.0.0.66, and WNR2000v5 devices before 1.0.0.42 allow authentication bypass and remote code execution via a buffer overflow that uses a parameter in the administration webapp. The NETGEAR ID is PSV-2016-0261.

Affected configurations

• netgear wnr2000 firmware (< 1.0.0.42) • netgear wnr2000 firmware (< 1.0.0.66) • netgear wnr2000 firmware (< 1.1.2.14)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References