What is CVE-2018-17022?

CVE-2018-17022 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Gt-ac5300, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-17022?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-17022 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Asus Gt-ac5300

CVE-2018-17022

Stack-based buffer overflow on the ASUS GT-AC5300 router through 3.0.0.4.384_32738 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by setting a long sh_path0 value and then send…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17022?: CVE-2018-17022 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Gt-ac5300, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-17022?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-17022 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.