CVE-2017-2884 Denial of service in Circle
An attacker can brick the Circle with Disney device by sending crafted API calls, causing memory corruption and 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-2017-2884?
CVE-2017-2884 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Circle, published on 7 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the user photo update functionality of Circle with Disney running firmware 2.0.1. A repeated set of specially crafted API calls can cause the device to corrupt essential memory, resulting in a bricked device. An attacker needs network connectivity to the device to trigger this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2884?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Meetcircle Circle With Disney Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2884 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-2017-2884 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2884 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Circle
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hv4v-fprg-g23q.