CVE-2017-18642 describes a vulnerability in Syska Smart Bulb devices (firmware through 2017-08-06) where RGB parameters are transmitted over cleartext Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). This allows for sniffing, reverse engineering, and replay attacks, enabling unauthorized control of the bulb's color settings. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a high impact on confidentiality with an adjacent network attack vector and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2017-08-06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:syska:smartlight_rainbow_led_smart_bulb_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.