CVE-2018-18070 Denial of service in n/a
A malicious navigation route causes the Mercedes-Benz COMAND system to freeze and enter a boot loop, resulting in 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-2018-18070?
CVE-2018-18070 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Daimler Mercedes-Benz COMAND 17/13.0 50.12 on Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2018 vehicles. Defining or receiving a specific navigation route might cause the system to freeze and reboot after a few transmissions. When the system next starts, it tries to re-calculate the route, which will cause a boot loop. (Under certain circumstances, it is possible to quickly overwrite the malicious route to regain the stability of the system.)
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18070?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mercedes-Benz Comand.
How do I fix CVE-2018-18070?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-18070 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-2018-18070 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18070 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7hcp-vf3m-fx74.