CVE-2018-7580 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can freeze the Philips Hue hub by sending a SYN flood, rendering lights and cloud services unresponsive until the attack stops.
- 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-2018-7580?
CVE-2018-7580 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Philips Hue is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. Sending a SYN flood on port tcp/80 will freeze Philips Hue's hub and it will stop responding. The "hub" will stop operating and be frozen until the flood stops. During the flood, the user won't be able to turn on/off the lights, and all of the hub's functionality will be unresponsive. The cloud service also won't work with the hub.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7580?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Philips Hue Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7580?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7580 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-2018-7580 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7580 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vq7v-82fm-4659.