A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera 2.52.2.43 (Network Camera Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the web management interface used by the Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera running application firmware 2.52.2.43. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause a buffer overflow resulting in overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can simply send an HTTP request to the device to trigger this vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 11/13/2017. The weakness was disclosed 09/19/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-2878 since 11/30/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 310 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.

The entries 124238, 124236, 124235 and 124234 are pretty similar.

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• Network Camera Software

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• Foscam

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• C1 Indoor HD Camera

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• 2.52.2.43

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• commercial

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