AXIS IP Camera ARM Instruction memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in AXIS IP Camera. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component ARM Instruction Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-10659. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in AXIS IP Camera (Network Camera Software) (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component ARM Instruction Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There was a Memory Corruption issue discovered in multiple models of Axis IP Cameras which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a crafted command which will result in a code path that calls the UND undefined ARM instruction.

The bug was discovered 06/18/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/26/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at axis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-10659 since 05/02/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117882 (AXIS Multiple Vulnerabilities (ACV-128401)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13180 (Axis Communications Camera Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (117882). The entries VDB-119986, VDB-119988, VDB-119989 and VDB-119990 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Network Camera Software

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• AXIS

Name

• IP Camera

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.axis.com/

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