CVE-2018-8879

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
32.0%
top 3.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Asus Rt-ac66u Firmware
Timeline
PublishedNov 21
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384.4 and ASUS firmware before 3.0.0.4.382.50470 for devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a long string to the blocking.asp page via a GET or POST request. Vulnerable parameters are flag, mac, and cat_id.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDasus/rt-ac66u_firmware< 3.0.0.4.382.50470

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8c78-mq7w-pq49: Stack-based buffer overflow in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2018-8879: Stack-based buffer overflow in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384↗2019-11-21
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