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CVE-2018-7580 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160724/Philips-Hue-Denial-Of-Service.html CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/51 CVEExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.iliashn.com/CVE-2018-7580/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160724/Philips-Hue-Denial-Of-Service.html [email protected]ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/51 [email protected]ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
philips hue firmware
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:philips:hue_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
philips hue
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:h:philips:hue:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-7580
NVD Published Date:
Dec 21, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-7580 Details - Not Deferred