Recently it was discovered as a part of the research on IoT devices in the most recent firmware for Shekar Endoscope that an attacker connected to the device Wi-Fi SSID can exploit a memory corruption issue and execute remote code on the device
Published Jun 17, 2019
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.57%
Description
Recently it was discovered as a part of the research on IoT devices in the most recent firmware for Shekar Endoscope that an attacker connected to the device Wi-Fi SSID can exploit a memory corruption issue and execute remote code on the device. This device acts as an Endoscope camera that allows its users to use it in various industrial systems and settings, car garages, and also in some cases in the medical clinics to get access to areas that are difficult for a human being to reach. Any breach of this system can allow an attacker to get access to video feed and pictures viewed by that user and might allow them to get a foot hold in air gapped networks especially in case of nation critical infrastructure/industries. The firmware contains binary uvc_stream that is the UDP daemon which is responsible for handling all the UDP requests that the device receives. The client application sends a UDP request to change the Wi-Fi name which contains the following format: "SETCMD0001+0002+[2 byte length of wifipassword]+[Wifipassword]. This request is handled by "control_Dev_thread" function which at address "0x00409AE4" compares the incoming request and determines if the 10th byte is 02 and if it is then it redirects to 0x0040A7D8, which calls the function "setwifipassword". The function "setwifipassword" uses a memcpy function but uses the length of the payload obtained by using strlen function as the third parameter which is the number of bytes to copy and this allows an attacker to overflow the function and control the $PC value.
Affected products
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
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Percentile over time
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Table of values (16 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.57% (0.02569) | 84.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.57% (0.02569) | 83.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01922) | 83.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.66% (0.00656) | 79.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 0.66% (0.00656) | 79.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.93% (0.00929) | 83.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00921) | 82.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.98% (0.00981) | 81.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 18.80th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 18.23th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 47.49th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153241/Shekar-Endoscope-Weak-Default-Settings-Memory-Corruption.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/ethanhunnt/IoT_vulnerabilities/blob/master/Shekar_boriscope_sec_issues.pdf x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/8 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQMailing ListThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153241/Shekar-Endoscope-Weak-Default-Settings-Memory-Corruption.html | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://github.com/ethanhunnt/IoT_vulnerabilities/blob/master/Shekar_boriscope_sec_issues.pdf | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQMailing ListThird Party Advisory |
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