#VU14100 Heap-based buffer overflow in SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - CVE-2018-3925
Published: July 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14100
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3925
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250
SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250
Software vendor:
Samsung
Samsung
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in the remote video-host communication of
The weakness exists in the remote video-host communication of
video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub due to insecure parsing of the AWSELB cookie while communicating with remote video-host servers. A remote attacker able to impersonate the remote HTTP servers can send an HTTP request, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.