CVE-2017-6862 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since June 8, 2022.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Netgear	Wnr2000v3 Wnr2000v3 Firmware Wnr2000v4 Wnr2000v4 Firmware Wnr2000v5 Wnr2000v5 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000v5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr2000v5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000v4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr2000v4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000v3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr2000v3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98740
https://kb.netgear.com/000038542/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2016-0261
https://www.on-x.com/sites/default/files/on-x_-_security_advisory_-_netgear_wnr2000v5_-_cve-2017-6862.pdf

History

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-06-08'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: netgear

Published: 2017-05-26T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-07T13:47:31.381Z

Reserved: 2017-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6862

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:41:17.673Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-26T20:29:00.177

Modified: 2025-02-07T14:15:43.297

Link: CVE-2017-6862

Redhat

No data.

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