CVE-2017-11420
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.056 · 93 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in ASUS_Discovery.c in networkmap in Asuswrt-Merlin firmware for ASUS devices and ASUS firmware for ASUS RT-AC5300, RT_AC1900P, RT-AC68U, RT-AC68P, RT-AC88U, RT-AC66U, RT-AC66U_B1, RT-AC58U, RT-AC56U, RT-AC55U, RT-AC52U, RT-AC51U, RT-N18U, RT-N66U, RT-N56U, RT-AC3200, RT-AC3100, RT_AC1200GU, RT_AC1200G, RT-AC1200, RT-AC53, RT-N12HP, RT-N12HP_B1, RT-N12D1, RT-N12+, RT_N12+_PRO, RT-N16, and RT-N300 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long device information that is mishandled during a strcat to a device list.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–10
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affected products (57)
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also known as (4)
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references (5)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/13/1cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/13/1enisa_euvd
- https://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/changelogenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/13/1ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/changelognvd
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