CVE-2017-6862

CRITICAL KEV

NETGEAR WNR2000 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

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.

References (4)

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98740

[Vendor Advisory] https://kb.netgear.com/000038542/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2016-0261

[Broken Link] https://www.on-x.com/sites/default/files/on-x_-_security_advisory_-_netgear_wnr2000v5_-_cve-2017-6862.pdf

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-6862

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.4311

EPSS Percentile 97.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CISA KEV 2022-06-08

VulnCheck KEV 2022-06-07

InTheWild.io 2022-06-08

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2017-15916

CWE

CWE-120

Status published

Products (5)

n/a/NETGEAR All versions prior to WNR2000v3 1.1.2.14, WNR2000v4 1.0.0.66, WNR2000v5 1.0.0.42 NETGEAR All versions prior to WNR2000v3 1.1.2.14, WNR2000v4 1.0.0.66, WNR2000v5 1.0.0.42

netgear/wnr2000_firmware < 1.0.0.42

netgear/wnr2000v3_firmware < 1.1.2.14

netgear/wnr2000v4_firmware < 1.0.0.66

netgear/wnr2000v5_firmware < 1.0.0.42

Published May 26, 2017

KEV Added Jun 08, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026