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)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.6th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.