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CVE-2021-1131: Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras Cisco Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected IP camera to reload. The vulnerability is due to missing checks when Cisco Discovery Protocol messages are processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected IP camera. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected IP camera to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
Affected products
- Cisco Video Surveillance 8000P Ip Camera Firmware: before 1.0.9-8 — fixed in 1.0.9-8
- Cisco Video Surveillance 8020 Ip Camera Firmware: before 1.0.9-8 — fixed in 1.0.9-8
- Cisco Video Surveillance 8030 Ip Camera Firmware: before 1.0.9-8 — fixed in 1.0.9-8
- Cisco Video Surveillance 8070 Ip Camera Firmware: before 1.0.9-8 — fixed in 1.0.9-8
- Cisco Video Surveillance 8400 Ip Camera Firmware: before 1.0.9-8 — fixed in 1.0.9-8
- Cisco Video Surveillance 8620 Ip Camera Firmware: before 1.0.9-8 — fixed in 1.0.9-8
- Cisco Video Surveillance 8630 Ip Camera Firmware: before 1.0.9-8 — fixed in 1.0.9-8
- Cisco Video Surveillance 8930 Speed Dome Ip Camera Firmware: before 1.0.9-8 — fixed in 1.0.9-8
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Video Surveillance 8000P Ip Camera Firmware 1.0.9-8; Cisco Video Surveillance 8020 Ip Camera Firmware 1.0.9-8; Cisco Video Surveillance 8030 Ip Camera Firmware 1.0.9-8; Cisco Video Surveillance 8070 Ip Camera Firmware 1.0.9-8; Cisco Video Surveillance 8400 Ip Camera Firmware 1.0.9-8; Cisco Video Surveillance 8620 Ip Camera Firmware 1.0.9-8; Cisco Video Surveillance 8630 Ip Camera Firmware 1.0.9-8; Cisco Video Surveillance 8930 Speed Dome Ip Camera Firmware 1.0.9-8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ipcameras-dos-9zdZcUfq
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ipcameras-dos-9zdZcUfq
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