PT-2017-11945 · Asus · Asus Firmware+1

Tianfeng Guan · Published 2017-07-16 · Updated 2017-12-20 · CVE-2017-11344

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Asuswrt-Merlin firmware versions (affected versions not specified) ASUS firmware for ASUS devices versions (affected versions not specified)

Description A global buffer overflow issue exists in the networkmap of Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices and ASUS firmware, allowing remote attackers to write shellcode at any address in the heap. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the router by hosting a crafted device description XML document at a URL specified within a Location header in an SSDP response.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-11344

Affected Products

Asus Firmware

Asuswrt-Merlin

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11344 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/14/3 · Note
• https://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/changelog · Note