CVE-2018-3906 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-3906

An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the retrieval...

Vulnerability Description

An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the retrieval of a database field in video-core's HTTP server of Samsung SmartThings Hub. The video-core process insecurely extracts the shard.videoHostURL field from its SQLite database, leading to a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250
Vulnerable Versions:
Firmware version 0.20.17

Timeline

Official Publish: September 21st, 2018
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.