CVE-2017-18765 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service on specific NETGEAR routers, requiring firmware upgrades to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-18765?
CVE-2017-18765 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netgear R6300 Firmware, published on 22 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by denial of service. This affects R6300v2 before 1.0.4.8, R6400 before 1.0.1.22, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.32, R6700 before 1.0.1.20, R6900 before 1.0.1.20, WNR3500Lv2 before 1.2.0.44, and WNR2000v2 before 1.2.0.8.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18765?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Netgear R6300 Firmware, Netgear R6400 Firmware, Netgear R6700 Firmware, Netgear R6900 Firmware, Netgear Wnr2000 Firmware, Netgear Wnr3500l Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-18765?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18765 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-18765 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18765 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netgear R6300 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f2rj-wpff-j4qw.