CVE-2014-2718
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-345
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (66th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-2746)
- Published
- November 4, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2746 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- asus / rt series firmware
- asus / rt-ac56r
- asus / rt-ac66r
- asus / rt-ac66u
- asus / rt-ac68u
- asus / rt-n56r
- asus / rt-n56u
- asus / rt-n66r
- asus / rt-n66u
- t-mobile / tm-ac1900
References
- http://dnlongen.blogspot.com/2014/10/CVE-2014-2718-Asus-RT-MITM.html(Exploit)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128904/ASUS-Router-Man-In-The-Middle.html(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/122(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70791
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98316
- https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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