CVE-2018-20161 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can disable Blink cameras and block video recording by disconnecting the Sync Module from Wi-Fi via deauthentication attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-20161?
CVE-2018-20161 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A design flaw in the BlinkForHome (aka Blink For Home) Sync Module 2.10.4 and earlier allows attackers to disable cameras via Wi-Fi, because incident clips (triggered by the motion sensor) are not saved if the attacker's traffic (such as Dot11Deauth) successfully disconnects the Sync Module from the Wi-Fi network. (Access to live video from the app also becomes unavailable.)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20161?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Blinkforhome Sync Module.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20161?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20161 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-2018-20161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jcr7-hfgj-536m.