Cyber Resilience

CVE-2018-17878

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 26 October 2023

Published
26 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2018-17878 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Abus Tvip 10000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 30.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in certain ABUS TVIP cameras allows attackers to gain control of the program via crafted string sent to sprintf() function.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

abus
tvip 10000 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10001 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005a firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005b firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10050 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10051 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10055a firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10055b firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10500 firmware
all versions
+37 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References