CVE-2017-16253 Memory corruption in Insteon
An attacker can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in the Insteon Hub firmware via crafted PubNub commands, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-16253?
CVE-2017-16253 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Insteon Hub Firmware, published on 21 Mar 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PubNub message handler Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware version 1012 for the cc channel of Insteon Hub running firmware version 1012. Specially crafted commands sent through the PubNub service can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can send an authenticated HTTP request At 0x9d014dd8 the value for the id key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at $sp+0x290. This buffer is 32 bytes large, sending anything longer will cause a buffer overflow.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16253?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Insteon Hub Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16253?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-16253 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16253 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Insteon Hub Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hfvx-vw4g-m5f9.