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NVD PRIMARY
7.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Apr 09, 2020 - 14:15 nvd
HIGH 7.2

DescriptionNVD

Some Dahua products have buffer overflow vulnerabilities. After the successful login of the legal account, the attacker sends a specific DDNS test command, which may cause the device to go down.

AnalysisAI

Some Dahua products have buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. Some Dahua products have buffer overflow vulnerabilities. After the successful login of the legal account, the attacker sends a specific DDNS test command, which may cause the device to go down. Affected products include: Dahuasecurity Sd6Al Firmware, Dahuasecurity Sd5A Firmware, Dahuasecurity Sd1A Firmware, Dahuasecurity Ptz1A Firmware, Dahuasecurity Sd50 Firmware.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.

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