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CVE-2017-16277

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16277 describes multiple exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the PubNub message handler of Insteon Hub firmware version 1012. An authenticated attacker can trigger this vulnerability by sending specially crafted commands via the PubNub service, specifically targeting the "cc" channel, leading to arbitrary data overwrites. This vulnerability is rated as Critical (CVSS 9.9), indicating a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1012CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:insteon:hub_firmware:1012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0067 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 1,128 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0483
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory