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: 7.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3505
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras
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
Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras - update to 1.0.9 4