CVE-2014-2718

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2718
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-04 22:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionASUS 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-345 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Asus Rt-ac56r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac66r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac66u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-ac68u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n56r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n56u All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n66r All All All All
Hardware Asus Rt-n66u All All All All
Operating System Asus Rt Series Firmware All All All All
Operating System T-mobile Tm-ac1900 3.0.0.4.376_3169 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: CVE-2014-2718: ASUS wireless router updates are vulnerable to a MITM attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
(CVE-2014-2718) ASUS wireless router updates vulnerable to a Man in the Middle attack | David Longenecker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dnlongen.blogspot.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
How-to guides: Wi-Fi CellSpot Router | T-Mobile Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.t-mobile.com
ASUS Router Man-In-The-Middle ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
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