Memory leak in Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras - CVE-2020-3505

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Memory leak in Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras - CVE-2020-3505

Published: August 21, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45897
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3505
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak when processing Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted traffic to the device and perform denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-3505

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cisco has confirmed that this vulnerability does not affect the following Cisco products:

  • Video Surveillance 3000 Series IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance 4000 Series High-Definition IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance 4300E and 4500E High-Definition IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance 6000 Series IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance PTZ IP Cameras

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