CVE-2017-9391 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting VeraEdge 1.7.19 and Veralite 1.7.481 smart home controllers. An authenticated attacker can exploit unsanitized input in the UPnP "request_image" service, specifically the "URL" parameter, to overwrite stack data. This allows for arbitrary code execution on the device. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:getvera:veraedge_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.7.481CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:getvera:veralite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.