CVE-2008-7137 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 1 Sep 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the Eye-Fi WS-Proxy service by sending an empty query string to port 59278, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-7137?

CVE-2008-7137 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

WS-Proxy in Eye-Fi 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty query string to port 59278 and other unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7137?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Eye.fi Eye-Fi Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7137?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7137 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2008-7137 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7137 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f4hx-h73p-3c7p.