What is CVE-2018-12640?

CVE-2018-12640 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Insteon 2864-222, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-12640?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-12640 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Insteon 2864-222

CVE-2018-12640

The webService binary on Insteon HD IP Camera White 2864-222 devices has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted pid, pwd, or usr key in a GET request on port 34100.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (73.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

badnack/Insteon_

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12640?: CVE-2018-12640 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Insteon 2864-222, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-12640?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12640 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.