CVE-2018-7580
HIGHPhilips Hue Firmware - Denial of Service via TCP SYN Flood
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.iliashn.com/CVE-2018-7580/
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/51
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160724/Philips-Hue-Denial-Of-Service.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0231
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (1)
philips/hue_firmware
Published
Dec 21, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026