VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-8879

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability17.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices older than 384.4 and ASUS firmware before 3.0.0.4.382.50470 for devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a long string to the blocking.asp page via a GET or POST request. Vulnerable parameters are flag, mac, and cat_id.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references