What is CVE-2018-8879?

CVE-2018-8879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Asus Rt-ac66u, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-8879?

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

Buffer overflow in Asus Rt-ac66u

CVE-2018-8879

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.as…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.172 (96.8th 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

Asus Rt-ac66u
Asus Rt-ac66u_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8879?: CVE-2018-8879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Asus Rt-ac66u, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-8879?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.