CVE-2024-47260 Denial of service in AXIS OS
Insufficient input validation in the VAPIX API allows attackers to exhaust device memory by uploading excessive audio clips, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-47260?
CVE-2024-47260 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in AXIS OS, published on 4 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
51l3nc3, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found that the VAPIX API mediaclip.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for uploading more audio clips then designed resulting in the Axis device running out of memory. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.
Weakness: CWE-641
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47260?
How do I fix CVE-2024-47260?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47260 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-2024-47260 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47260 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q68r-x3xx-f2m3.