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Vulnerability CVE-2018-5721
Published: 2018-01-17
| 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. |
Type:
CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
6.5/10 |
6.4/10 |
8/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
Low |
Single time |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
Partial |
Partial |
Partial |
References: |
http://www.w0lfzhang.com/2018/01/17/ASUS-router-stack-overflow-in-http-server/
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