CVE-2017-16254

HIGH

Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware 1012 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0483

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0122
EPSS Percentile 65.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
insteon/hub_firmware 1012
Published Mar 21, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026