High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 21, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-7580
CVE-2018-7580
Description
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.
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Affected products
3- Philips/Huedescription
- cpe:2.3:o:philips:hue_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160724/Philips-Hue-Denial-Of-Service.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/51nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.iliashn.com/CVE-2018-7580/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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