High severity8.0NVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-19978
CVE-2018-19978
Description
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.
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:auerswald:comfortel_1200_ip_firmware:3.4.4.1-10589:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Auerswald/COMfort 1200 IP phonedescription
- Range: 3.4.4.1-10589
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.sit.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/dokumente/CVE/Advisory_Auerswald_COMfortel_1200_IP.pdfnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.auerswald.de/de/service/81-telefone/schnurgebundene-telefone/1568-comfortel-1200-ip.htmlnvdProductVendor Advisory
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