High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16254
CVE-2017-16254
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PubNub message handler Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware version 1012. Specially crafted commands sent through the PubNub service can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can send an authenticated HTTP request at 0x9d014e4c the value for the flg key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at $sp+0x270. This buffer is 16 bytes large, sending anything longer will cause a buffer overflow.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:insteon:hub_firmware:1012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 1012
Patches
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References
1- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0483nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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