CVE-2018-3900

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-11-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the QR code scanning functionality of Yi Home Camera 27US 1.8.7.0D. A specially crafted QR Code can cause a buffer overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can make the camera scan a QR code to trigger this vulnerability. Alternatively, a user could be convinced to display a QR code from the internet to their camera, which could exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

Yitechnology Yi Home: all versions
Yi Technology: 1.8.7.0d

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0572
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0572

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