CVE-2017-14452
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PubNub message handler for the "control" channel of Insteon Hub running…
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- talos
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PubNub message handler for the "control" channel of Insteon Hub running firmware version 1012. Specially crafted replies received from the PubNub service can cause buffer overflows on a global section overwriting arbitrary data. A strcpy overflows the buffer insteon_pubnub.channel_cc_r, which has a size of 16 bytes. An attacker can send an arbitrarily long "c_r" parameter in order to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker should impersonate PubNub and answer an HTTPS GET request to trigger this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Weakness
- Classic Buffer Overflow
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
Insteon · Insteon Hub 2245-222
- affected Firmware version 1012
References (1)
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0502 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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