Resource exhaustion in Philips Hue
CVE-2018-7580
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.
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: 0.023 (82.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.iliashn.com/CVE-2018-7580/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/51 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160724/Philips-Hue-Denial-Of-Service.html (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-7580?
- CVE-2018-7580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Philips Hue, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-21.
- How severe is CVE-2018-7580?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.