Samsung TVs Can Be Hacked Into Endless Restart Loop

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @04:57AM from the you-were-warned dept.

Gunkerty Jeb writes "Italian security researcher Luigi Auriemma was trying to play a trick on his brother when he accidentally discovered two vulnerabilities in all current versions of Samsung TVs and Blu-Ray systems that could allow an attacker to gain remote access to those devices. Auriemma claims that the vulnerabilities will affect all Samsung devices with support for remote controllers, and that the vulnerable protocol is on both TVs and Blu-Ray enabled devices. One of the bugs leads to a loop of endless restarts while the other could cause a potential buffer overflow."

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TV by SJHillman · 2012-04-24 05:03 · Score: 3, Interesting

My parents recently got a 52" Internet connected Samsung TV. Any way I could use this to replace the crap Samsung apps with something better?
1. Re:TV by Cenan · 2012-04-24 05:06 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  If the second bug he found really is a buffer overflow vulnerability, there could be no end to the funny shit you could do to your TV.
  
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2. Re:TV by AmberBlackCat · 2012-04-24 05:11 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  I'm thinking "biggest Android tablet ever". With a Kinect instead of a touchscreen. Or at least a real web browser instead of only being able to look at sites of their "partners".