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CVE-2017-11563: D-Link Eyeon Baby Monitor Firmware: Buffer overflow

CVE-2017-11563 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and NVD lists D-Link Eyeon Baby Monitor Firmware as the affected product. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

D-Link EyeOn Baby Monitor (DCS-825L) 1.08.1 has a remote code execution vulnerability. A UDP "Discover" service, which provides multiple functions such as changing the passwords and getting basic information, was installed on the device. A remote attacker can send a crafted UDP request to finderd to perform stack overflow and execute arbitrary code with root privilege on the device.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.0 9.8: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

  • D-Link Eyeon Baby Monitor Firmware: 1.08.1

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