CVE-2023-41270 Samsung Smart TV UE40D7000 WPS DoS attack
Attackers can cause a denial of service on Samsung Smart TVs by exploiting improper restrictions on excessive WPS authentication attempts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-41270?
CVE-2023-41270 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Samsung TV UE40D7000, published on 8 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Samsung Smart TV UE40D7000 version T-GAPDEUC-1033.2 and before allows attackers to cause a denial of service via WPS attack tools.
Weakness: CWE-307
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41270?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samsung Ue40d7000 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2023-41270?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41270 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-2023-41270 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-41270 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j7fp-x2qh-wc3q.