CVE-2018-3852 Denial of service in Ocularis
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Ocularis Recorder by sending a specially crafted TCP packet, terminating the process.
- 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-2018-3852?
CVE-2018-3852 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Talos Ocularis, published on 6 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the Ocularis Recorder functionality of Ocularis 5.5.0.242. A specially crafted TCP packet can cause a process to terminate resulting in denial of service. An attacker can send a crafted TCP packet to trigger this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3852?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Onssi Ocularis.
How do I fix CVE-2018-3852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3852 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-2018-3852 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rwgq-472p-pw2j.