{"id":"CVE-2018-19978","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-19978","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:20:33.334Z","title":"A buffer overflow vulnerability in the DHCP and PPPOE configuration interface of the Auerswald COMfort 1200 IP phone 3.4.4.1-10589 allows a remote attacker (authenticated as simple user in the same network as the device) to trigger remote code execution…","description":"A buffer overflow vulnerability in the DHCP and PPPOE configuration interface of the Auerswald COMfort 1200 IP phone 3.4.4.1-10589 allows a remote attacker (authenticated as simple user in the same network as the device) to trigger remote code execution via a POST request (ManufacturerName parameter) to the web server on the device. The web server is running with root privileges and the injected code will also run with root privileges.","published":"2019-05-29T18:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:50:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["auerswald/comfortel 1200 ip firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.04019,"percentile":0.90521,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.auerswald.de/de/service/81-telefone/schnurgebundene-telefone/1568-comfortel-1200-ip.html","tags":["Product","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/dokumente/CVE/Advisory_Auerswald_COMfortel_1200_IP.pdf?_=1549376183","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.auerswald.de/de/service/81-telefone/schnurgebundene-telefone/1568-comfortel-1200-ip.html","tags":["Product","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/dokumente/CVE/Advisory_Auerswald_COMfortel_1200_IP.pdf?_=1549376183","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19978","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}