Stack-based buffer overflow in AsusWRT - CVE-2017-12754
Published: March 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11222
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12754
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Asus
Affected software:
AsusWRT
AsusWRT
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in the httpd daemon due to improper processing of crafted HTTP GET request packets. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP GET request that contains a long delete_offline_client parameter, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12754
Install update from vendor's website.