VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-24214

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability35.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-10-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders. Attackers can send a crafted unauthenticated RTSP request to cause a buffer overflow and application crash. The device will not be able to perform its main purpose of video encoding and streaming for up to a minute, until it automatically reboots. Attackers can send malicious requests once a minute, effectively disabling the device.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references