ASUS RT-AC68U, RT-AC66R, RT-AC66U, RT-AC56R, RT-AC56U, RT-N66R, RT-N66U, RT-N56R, RT-N56U, and possibly other RT-series routers before…

Description

ASUS RT-AC68U, RT-AC66R, RT-AC66U, RT-AC56R, RT-AC56U, RT-N66R, RT-N66U, RT-N56R, RT-N56U, and possibly other RT-series routers before firmware 3.0.0.4.376.x do not verify the integrity of firmware (1) update information or (2) downloaded updates, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-345 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-345 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• 20141028 CVE-2014-2718: ASUS wireless router updates are vulnerable to a MITM attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• asus-cve20142718-mitm(98316) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128904/ASUS-Router-Man-In-The-Middle.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://dnlongen.blogspot.com/2014/10/CVE-2014-2718-Asus-RT-MITM.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 70791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2014-2718](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2014-2718.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2014-2718)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 10:21 UTC.