Resource exhaustion in Circle Media
CVE-2017-2889
An exploitable Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the API daemon of Circle with Disney running firmware 2.0.1. A large amount of simultaneous TCP connections causes the APID daemon to repeatedly fork, causing the daemon to run out of memory and trigger a device reboot. An attacker needs network connectivity to the device to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (72.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Circle Media — versions firmware 2.0.1
- Meetcircle Circle With Disney
- Meetcircle Circle With Disney Firmware — versions 2.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0396 (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2889?
- CVE-2017-2889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Circle Media, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-07.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2889?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.