Buffer overflow in NUUO NVRmini 2 - CVE-2018-1149

 

Buffer overflow in NUUO NVRmini 2 - CVE-2018-1149

Published: September 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14814
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1149
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: NUUO Inc.
Affected software:
NUUO NVRmini 2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing large cookie file passed to "/cgi-bin/cgi_system?cmd=portCheck" script. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected device, trigger buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-1149

Install update from vendor's website.

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