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.

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)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.