Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-16254 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Insteon HUB Firmware 1012
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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 0x9d014e4c the value for the flg key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at $sp+0x270. This buffer is 16 bytes large, sending anything longer will cause a buffer overflow.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 1 | |
| Hardware | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Talos
| id | TALOS-2017-0483 |
| last seen | 2019-05-29 |
| published | 2018-06-19 |
| reporter | Talos Intelligence |
| source | http://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0483 |
| title | Insteon Hub PubNub "cc" Channel Message Handler Multiple Stack Overflow Code Execution Vulnerabilities |