CVE-2018-18959 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service on Epson WorkForce printers by sending oversized data to the Air Print Setting web page, requiring a reboot to recover.
- 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-2018-18959?
CVE-2018-18959 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3, 10.51.LQ20I6 and 10.52.LQ17IA devices. On the 'Air Print Setting' web page, if the data for 'Bonjour Service Location' at /PRESENTATION/BONJOUR is more than 251 bytes when sending data for Air Print Setting, then the device no longer functions until a reboot.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18959?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Epson Epson Workforce Wf-2861 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-18959?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-18959 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-2018-18959 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18959 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xpf3-7cmq-j53r.