cve/2017/CVE-2017-16253.md

### [CVE-2017-16253](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16253)
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### Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PubNub message handler Insteon Hub 2245-222 - Firmware version 1012 for the cc channel of Insteon Hub running firmware version 1012. Specially crafted commands sent through the PubNub service can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can send an authenticated HTTP request At 0x9d014dd8 the value for the id key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at $sp+0x290. This buffer is 32 bytes large, sending anything longer will cause a buffer overflow.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0483

#### Github
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