CVE-2012-2210 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Sony Bravia TVs or disrupt configuration by flooding them with TCP SYN packets.

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-2012-2210?

CVE-2012-2210 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Apr 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Sony Bravia TV KDL-32CX525 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (configuration outage or device crash) via a flood of TCP SYN packets, as demonstrated by hping, a related issue to CVE-1999-0116.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2210?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sony Bravia Tv.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2210?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2210 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-2012-2210 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2210 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3p8j-6252-2pmw.

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