CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed active exploitation.
Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.
- Name
- Amcrest Cameras and NVR Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Amcrest cameras and NVR are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow over port 37777. An authenticated remote attacker can abuse this issue to crash the device and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
amcrest: 1080-lite 8ch firmware; amcrest: 1080-lite 8ch; amcrest: amdv10814-h5 firmware; amcrest: amdv10814-h5; amcrest: ipm-721 firmware; amcrest: ipm-721; amcrest: ip2m-841 firmware; amcrest: ip2m-841; amcrest: ip2m-841-v3 firmware; amcrest: ip2m-841-v3; amcrest: ip2m-853ew firmware; amcrest: ip2m-853ew; amcrest: ip2m-858w firmware; amcrest: ip2m-858w; amcrest: ip2m-866w firmware
References5
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157164/Amcrest-Dahua-NVR-Camera-I… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157164/Amcrest-Dahua-NVR-Camera-I… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-20 Third Party Advisory
- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-20 Third Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=… US Government Resource
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 36% percentile: 98 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-121CWE-787
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