CVE-2018-3935 Denial of service in Yi Technology

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service on Yi Home Cameras by sending specially crafted UDP packets that trigger unlimited memory allocation.

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-2018-3935?

CVE-2018-3935 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in unknown Yi Technology, published on 2 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the UDP network functionality of Yi Home Camera 27US 1.8.7.0D. A specially crafted set of UDP packets can allocate unlimited memory, resulting in denial of service. An attacker can send a set of packets to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3935?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Yitechnology Yi Home, Yitechnology Yi Home Camera Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3935?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3935 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-2018-3935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5pvq-774f-gxc7.

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