High severity · published Mar 21, 2019
CVE-2017-16253
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PubNub message handler Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware version 1012 for the cc channel of Insteon Hub running firmware…
8.1
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PubNub message handler Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware version 1012 for the cc channel of Insteon Hub running 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 0x9d014dd8 the value for the id key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at $sp+0x290. This buffer is 32 bytes large, sending anything longer will cause a buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IN
Insteon ·
Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware version 1012 · source: vendor
HF
Hub Firmware · Insteon
1012 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16253
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16253
Exploit
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0483
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