CVE-2019-9750 describes a critical Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) vulnerability in IoTivity versions up to 1.3.1, stemming from a mishandled "4.01 Unauthorized" CoAP server response. This flaw allows attackers to spoof source IP addresses and amplify UDP-based traffic by a factor of six, leading to significant denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity and no user interaction, posing high impacts to integrity and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and the vendor has no plans to fix it due to migration to IoTivity Lite.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iotivity:iotivity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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