CVE-2008-1491

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 70.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DPC Proxy server (DpcProxy.exe) in ASUS Remote Console (aka ARC or ASMB3) 2.0.0.19 and 2.0.0.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to TCP port 623.

Affected products

ASUS Remote Console: 2.0.0.19, 2.0.0.24

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/asuxdpc-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/29402
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3771
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489966/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28394
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0982/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41358
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5694
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/asuxdpc-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/29402
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3771
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489966/100/0/threaded

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