CVE-2017-16300 describes multiple critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the PubNub message handler of Insteon Hub firmware version 1012. Specifically, a stack-based buffer overflow occurs when specially crafted commands, exceeding a 32-byte limit for the 'id' key, are sent via the PubNub service. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.9 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity by an authenticated attacker, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1012CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:insteon: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.