# 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.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j7fp-x2qh-wc3q

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41270?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2023-41270 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-41270 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41270 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-41270 exists.

Affected product: Samsung TV UE40D7000. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41270/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41270/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41270
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41270
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41270

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41270/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.