CVE-2014-2718

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-11-04 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2718 is rated High Exploit Risk (60/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-2718

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2718

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-20 0.30% 0.24% -0.06%
2 2025-03-30 0.59% 0.30% -0.29%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.59% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2718

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2718

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2718

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
t-mobile tm-ac1900 3.0.0.4.376_3169 cpe:2.3:o:t-mobile:tm-ac1900:3.0.0.4.376_3169:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asus rt_series_firmware <= 3.0.0.4.374.x cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt_series_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2718

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