CVE-2017-16255 HIGH

CVE-2017-16255

Vendor N/A
Product Insteon
Published March 21, 2019
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PubNub message handler Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware version 1012. Specially crafted commands sent through the PubNub service can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can send an authenticated HTTP request at At 0x9d014e84 the value for the cmd1 key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at $sp+0x280. This buffer is 16 bytes large.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 21, 2019 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated