CVE-2018-3873 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the credentials handler of the Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 (firmware version 0.20.17). This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to send an excessively long "secretKey" value, overflowing a 128-byte buffer. With a CVSS score of 9.9, this vulnerability presents a high risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.20.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:sth-eth-250_firmware:0.20.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.