CVE-2019-14706 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service on MicroDigital N-series cameras by uploading a file with an excessively long filename, triggering a buffer overflow.

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-2019-14706?

CVE-2019-14706 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial of service issue in HTTPD was discovered on MicroDigital N-series cameras with firmware through 6400.0.8.5. An attacker without authorization can upload a file to upload.php with a filename longer than 256 bytes. This will be placed in the updownload area. It will not be deleted, because of a buffer overflow in a Bash command string.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14706?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microdigital Mdc-N2190v Firmware, Microdigital Mdc-N4090 Firmware, Microdigital Mdc-N4090w Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14706?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14706 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-2019-14706 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14706 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8wpf-wvgr-4rmc.

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