CVE-2017-18744: NETGEAR r6250 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects R6250 before 1.0.4.12, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.12, R6700 before 1.0.1.22, R6900 before 1.0.1.22, R7000 before 1.0.9.4, R7900 before 1.0.1.12, R8000 before 1.0.3.24, and R8500 before 1.0.2.74.

Affected products

  • NETGEAR r6250 Firmware: before 1.0.4.12 (fixed in 1.0.4.12)
  • NETGEAR r6300 Firmware: before 1.0.4.12 (fixed in 1.0.4.12)
  • NETGEAR r6700 Firmware: before 1.0.1.22 (fixed in 1.0.1.22)
  • NETGEAR r6900 Firmware: before 1.0.1.22 (fixed in 1.0.1.22)
  • NETGEAR r7000 Firmware: before 1.0.9.4 (fixed in 1.0.9.4)
  • NETGEAR r7900 Firmware: before 1.0.1.12 (fixed in 1.0.1.12)
  • NETGEAR r8000 Firmware: before 1.0.3.24 (fixed in 1.0.3.24)
  • NETGEAR r8500 Firmware: before 1.0.2.74 (fixed in 1.0.2.74)

Published 2020-04-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.