# CVE-2017-14454: Memory corruption in Hub

> An attacker impersonating PubNub can trigger a buffer overflow in the Insteon Hub firmware, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rhm6-355p-2674

## What is CVE-2017-14454?

CVE-2017-14454 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Insteon Hub Firmware, published on 11 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities 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. An attacker should impersonate PubNub and answer an HTTPS GET request to trigger this vulnerability. The `strcpy` at [18] overflows the buffer `insteon_pubnub.channel_al`, which has a size of 16 bytes.

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14454?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Insteon Hub Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-14454?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14454 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-14454 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Insteon Hub Firmware

- [CVE-2018-3834](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3834/): Code injection in Insteon (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2017-16256](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16256/): Memory corruption in Hub (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2017-16257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16257/): Memory corruption in Hub (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2017-16258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16258/): Memory corruption in Hub (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2017-16259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16259/): Memory corruption in Hub (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-14454 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-14454 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Insteon Hub Firmware, published on 11 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Insteon Hub Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14454/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14454/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14454
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14454
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14454

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14454/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.