CVE-2019-12727 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service on Ubiquiti airCam devices by sending malformed RTSP requests with excessive headers.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-12727?

CVE-2019-12727 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On Ubiquiti airCam 3.1.4 devices, a Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the RTSP Service provided by the ubnt-streamer binary. The issue can be triggered via malformed RTSP requests that lead to an invalid memory read. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must craft an RTSP request with a large number of headers.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12727?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ui Aircam Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12727?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12727 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2019-12727 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12727 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c5gm-8455-78qw.

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