CVE-2018-8879

critical · 9.8

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.

9.8

CVSS

17.2%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

97th

EPSS percentile

2019-11-21

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
asus	rt-ac66u_firmware	< 3.0.0.4.382.50470
asus	rt-ac66u	all versions

Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.

References

https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdf
https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOS
https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_001_beta1.pdf
https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC66U/HelpDesk_BIOS

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2018-8879