CVE-2018-5721

HIGH

ASUSWRT-Merlin < 382.1_2 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ej_update_variables function in router/httpd/web.c on ASUS routers (when using software from https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin) allows web authenticated attackers to execute code via a request that updates a setting. In ej_update_variables, the length of the variable action_script is not checked, as long as it includes a "_wan_if" substring.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0194
EPSS Percentile 77.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
asuswrt-merlin/asuswrt-merlin < 382.1_2
Published Jan 17, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026