CVE-2018-7580

Public Exploit

Description

Philips Hue is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. Sending a SYN flood on port tcp/80 will freeze Philips Hue's hub and it will stop responding. The "hub" will stop operating and be frozen until the flood stops. During the flood, the user won't be able to turn on/off the lights, and all of the hub's functionality will be unresponsive. The cloud service also won't work with the hub.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.66% Top 20%
Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory iliashn.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.iliashn.com/CVE-2018-7580/ third party advisory exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/51 mailing list third party advisory exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160724/Philips-Hue-Denial-Of-Service.html third party advisory vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-7580?
CVE-2018-7580 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-7580?
To fix CVE-2018-7580, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-7580 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-7580 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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