#VU14070 Stack-based buffer overflow in SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - CVE-2018-3873
Published: July 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14070
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3873
CWE-ID: CWE-121
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
The weakness exists in the
credentials handler of video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub due to incorrect extracting of fields from a user-controlled JSON payload. A remote attacker can send an HTTP request, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.