Integer underflow in SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - CVE-2018-3926

 

Integer underflow in SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - CVE-2018-3926

Published: July 30, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14101
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3926
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Samsung
Affected software:
SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the ZigBee firmware update routine of the hubCore binary of the Samsung SmartThings Hub due to integer underflow when incorrect handling of malformed files existing in its "data" directory. A remote attacker can send an HTTP request, trigger infinite loop and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-3926

Install update from vendor's website.

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