Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-11344 · published 17 July 2017
CVE-2017-11344: Asuswrt-merlin project rt-ac5300 firmware memory buffer overflow vulnerability
Asuswrt Merlin Project · Rt Ac5300 Firmware
Global buffer overflow 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 write shellcode at any address in the heap; this can be used to execute arbitrary code on the router by hosting a crafted device description XML document at a URL specified within a Location header in an SSDP response.
Description
Global buffer overflow 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 write shellcode at any address in the heap; this can be used to execute arbitrary code on the router by hosting a crafted device description XML document at a URL specified within a Location header in an SSDP response.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
28 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/14/3 | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/changelog | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/14/3 | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/changelog |
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-11344), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.