Dss Express CVE-2022-45434

MEDIUM

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)

2022-12-27 cybersecurity@dahuatech.com

Denial Of Service Dahua Dss Express Dss Professional Dhi Dss7016D S2 Firmware Dhi Dss7016Dr S2 Firmware Dhi Dss4004 S2 Firmware Dahuasecurity

5.9

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-770 OWASP Top 10:2025 A06:2025 - Insecure Design ASVS 5.0 V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource allocation limits MITRE ATT&CK 1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. Sign in to read
Impact	CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	A remote attacker could exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).

Patch available 0.7% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Some Dahua software products have a vulnerability of unauthenticated un-throttled ICMP requests on remote DSS Server. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Allocation of Resources Without Limits vulnerability could allow attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. Some Dahua software products have a vulnerability of unauthenticated un-throttled ICMP requests on remote DSS Server. After bypassing the firewall access control policy, by sending a specific crafted packet to the vulnerable interface, an attacker could exploit the victim server to launch ICMP request attack to the designated target host. Affected products include: Dahuasecurity Dhi-Dss7016D-S2 Firmware, Dahuasecurity Dhi-Dss7016Dr-S2 Firmware, Dahuasecurity Dhi-Dss4004-S2 Firmware, Dahuasecurity Dss Express, Dahuasecurity Dss Professional.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.9 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

DescriptionNVD

Some Dahua software products have a vulnerability of unauthenticated un-throttled ICMP requests on remote DSS Server. After bypassing the firewall access control policy, by sending a specific crafted packet to the vulnerable interface, an attacker could exploit the victim server to launch ICMP request attack to the designated target host.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

0.7%

Top 53% exploitable

Data Quality

2 sources

Confidence: Low

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EPSS

VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity MEDIUM

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 0.7%

Patch available Yes

Active threat No

Deciding rule

MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Scheduled

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Open

Automatable· derived

No

Human Impact· derived

Medium

Priority Score

31

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +1

CVSS: +30

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service MEDIUM

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss7016d-s2_firmware:1.001.0000001.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss7016d-s2_firmware:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss7016d-s2_firmware:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss7016d-s2_firmware:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss7016dr-s2_firmware:1.001.0000001.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss7016dr-s2_firmware:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss7016dr-s2_firmware:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss7016dr-s2_firmware:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss4004-s2_firmware:1.001.0000001.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss4004-s2_firmware:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss4004-s2_firmware:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:dhi-dss4004-s2_firmware:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dahuasecurity:dss_express:7.002.1760000.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dahuasecurity:dss_express:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dahuasecurity:dss_express:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dahuasecurity:dss_express:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dahuasecurity:dss_express:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dahuasecurity:dss_professional:7.002.1760000.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dahuasecurity:dss_professional:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dahuasecurity:dss_professional:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Advisories & patches

PATCH https://www.dahuasecurity.com/support/cybersecurity/details/1137 ADVISORY https://vuldb.com/vuln/216888

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