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CVE-2018-19442

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

A Buffer Overflow in Network::AuthenticationClient::VerifySignature in /bin/astro in Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a crafted POST request to a vendors/neato/robots/[robot_serial]/messages Neato cloud URI on the nucleo.neatocloud.com web site (port 4443).

Affected products

• Neatorobotics Botvac Connected Firmware: 2.2.0

References

• https://media.ccc.de/v/eh19-157-smart-vacuum-cleaners-as-remote-wiretapping-devices#t=1779
• https://www.usenix.org/system/files/woot19-paper_ullrich.pdf
• https://media.ccc.de/v/eh19-157-smart-vacuum-cleaners-as-remote-wiretapping-devices#t=1779
• https://www.usenix.org/system/files/woot19-paper_ullrich.pdf

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