Buffer overflow in Auerswald Comfortel 1200 Ip
CVE-2018-19978
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the DHCP and PPPOE configuration interface of the Auerswald COMfort 1200 IP phone 3.4.4.1-10589 allows a remote attacker (authenticated as simple user in the same network as the device) to trigger remote code execution via a POST request (ManufacturerName parameter) to the web server on the device. The web server is running with root privileges and the injected code will also run with root privileges.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.040 (90.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.040 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Auerswald Comfortel 1200 Ip
- Auerswald Comfortel 1200 Ip Firmware — versions 3.4.4.1-10589
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.auerswald.de/de/service/81-telefone/schnurgebundene-telefone/1568-comfortel… (Product, Vendor Advisory)
- www.sit.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/dokumente/CVE/Advisory_Auerswald_COMfortel_1200… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19978?
- CVE-2018-19978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Auerswald Comfortel 1200 Ip, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2019-05-29.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19978?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.