CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Its EPSS score suggests a 17.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2018-8879
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
17.19%
Original NVD Description
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.asp page via a GET or POST request. Vulnerable parameters are flag, mac, and cat_id.
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