CVE-2014-2718 (GCVE-0-2014-2718)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-04 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:21
VLAI
Summary
ASUS RT-AC68U, RT-AC66R, RT-AC66U, RT-AC56R, RT-AC56U, RT-N66R, RT-N66U, RT-N56R, RT-N56U, and possibly other RT-series routers before firmware 3.0.0.4.376.x do not verify the integrity of firmware (1) update information or (2) downloaded updates, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2333 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2014-10-28 00:00
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