CVE-2018-15852

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Technicolor TC7200.20 devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (networking outage) via a flood of random MAC addresses, as demonstrated by macof. NOTE: Technicolor denies that the described behavior is a vulnerability and states that Wi-Fi traffic is slowed or stopped only while the devices are exposed to a MAC flooding attack. This has been confirmed through testing against official up-to-date versions

Affected products

Technicolor Tc7200.20 Firmware: all versions

References

https://bkd00r.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/cve-2018-15852-exploit-title-cable-modem-technicolor-tc7200-20-wifi-buffer-overflow/
https://bkd00r.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/cve-2018-15852-exploit-title-cable-modem-technicolor-tc7200-20-wifi-buffer-overflow/

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