Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-45434

MediumDDoS

Published: 27 December 2022

Published
27 December 2022
Modified
14 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0021 43.9th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-45434 is a medium-severity Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) vulnerability in Dahuasecurity Dss Express. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 43.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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…

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to launch ICMP request attack to the designated target host.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

dahuasecurity
dhi-dss7016d-s2 firmware
1.001.0000001.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1
dahuasecurity
dhi-dss7016dr-s2 firmware
1.001.0000001.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1
dahuasecurity
dhi-dss4004-s2 firmware
1.001.0000001.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1
dahuasecurity
dss express
7.002.1760000.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1, 8.1.1
dahuasecurity
dss professional
7.002.1760000.2, 8.0.2, 8.0.4, 8.1, 8.1.1

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.

addresses: CWE-770

This control implements explicit throttling on session allocation, addressing the weakness of allocating resources without limits.

addresses: CWE-770

Plan testing exercises resource allocation limits and throttling during simulated failures, directly addressing weaknesses that allow unbounded resource use.

addresses: CWE-770

Contingency plan updates ensure recovery strategies address unbounded resource allocation, making it harder for attackers to exploit lack of throttling to cause prolonged outages.

addresses: CWE-770

Provides continuity when unbounded resource allocation at the primary site leads to exhaustion and downtime.

addresses: CWE-770

Alternate services allow operations to continue when primary allocation of resources lacks limits or throttling.

addresses: CWE-770

Explicit planning of security-related actions requires defining limits, windows, and resource allocations, making allocation without throttling far less likely.

addresses: CWE-770

Measures of performance include tracking allocation behavior and throttling effectiveness, reducing the window for resource exhaustion attacks.

addresses: CWE-770

Imposes an inactivity-based limit on network resource allocation, throttling the number of concurrently held connections.

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