CVE-2017-16276 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Insteon Hub firmware version 1012. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted commands through the PubNub service, specifically within the "cc" channel's "cmd sn_grp" function, where the 'gbt' key value is copied using strcpy into an undersized buffer. This allows for arbitrary data overwriting, leading to a CVSS score of 9.9 (CRITICAL) with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV entry, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness despite a lack of media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1012CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:insteon:hub_firmware:1012:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.