CVE-2022-25596: ASUS RT-AC56U’s configuration function has a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation for the decryption parameter length, which…

PriorityP349high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVAACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.55%

42.4th percentile

ASUS RT-AC56U’s configuration function has a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation for the decryption parameter length, which allows an unauthenticated LAN attacker to execute arbitrary code, perform arbitrary operations and disrupt service.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
asus	rt-ac86u	—	—
asus	rt-ac86u_firmware	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.05.8MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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