CVE-2017-16338 Memory corruption in Insteon
An authenticated attacker can trigger a buffer overflow in the Insteon Hub firmware via a long host key, potentially leading to code execution or denial of service.
- 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-2017-16338?
CVE-2017-16338 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Insteon Hub Firmware, published on 2 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An attacker could send an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability in Insteon Hub running firmware version 1012. At 0x9d01bad0 the value for the host key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at 0xa00016e0. This buffer is 32 bytes large, sending anything longer will cause a buffer overflow.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16338?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Insteon Hub Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16338?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16338 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-2017-16338 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16338 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Insteon Hub Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x388-mxc3-gqf6.