What is CVE-2022-25596?

CVE-2022-25596 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Rt-ac86u, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-25596?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Asus Rt-ac86u

CVE-2022-25596

ASUS RT-AC56U’s configuration function has a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation for the decryption parameter length, which allows an unauthenticated LAN attacker to execute arbitrary code, perform arbit…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Asus Rt-ac86u — versions 3.0.0.4.386.45956

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-5793-4f9d3-1.html (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25596?: CVE-2022-25596 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Rt-ac86u, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-25596?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.