PT-2018-16269 · Samsung · Samsung Smartthings Hub

Published 2018-09-21 · Updated 2023-02-03 · CVE-2018-3876

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.9

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250-Firmware version 0.20.17

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the credentials handler of the video-core's HTTP server. The strncpy function overflows a destination buffer of 64 bytes. An attacker can exploit this by sending a long bucket value.

Recommendations For Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250-Firmware version 0.20.17, consider restricting access to the HTTP server until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using arbitrarily long bucket values in requests to the video-core's HTTP server. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-3876

Affected Products

Samsung Smartthings Hub

References · 3

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0555 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3876 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3876 · Security Note