CVE-2020-5735
Amcrest Cameras and NVR Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Amcrest Cameras and Network Video Recorder (NVR)Industrial & IoT
CVSS
8.8HighExploit odds (EPSS)36.2%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions. CISA KEV
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.
Timeline
- 8 Apr 2020Exploit code publicExploit-DB
- 8 Apr 2020, 12:42 UTCPublishedCVE List
- 3 Nov 2021Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV
Public exploit code and templates 1
- Dos exploitAmcrest Dahua NVR Camera IP2M-841 - Denial of Service (PoC) 8 Apr 2020Exploit-DB
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Description
Amcrest cameras and NVR contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability through port 37777 that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash the device and possibly execute code.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- Amcrestaffected: before 2.623.00AC004.0.R.200316, 2.420.AC00.18.R.20200217, 2.800.00AC000.0.R.200330, 2.800.0000000.6.R.200314.bin, 2.622.00AC000.0.R.200320.bin, and 4.000.00AC000.0.R.200218CVE List