Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A Cisco 7000 Series IP camera on the same local network as an attacker can be forced to leak memory until it crashes and reloads. This is a denial-of-service issue, not a data theft issue. Business risk is loss of camera availability in affected surveillance environments.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate operational risk for surveillance environments. It can disrupt video availability but requires local network adjacency and has no cited confidentiality or integrity impact. Prioritize remediation where cameras protect critical areas or share networks with untrusted devices.
Technical view
CVE-2021-1563 affects Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras. Incorrect ingress processing of Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP packets can let an unauthenticated Layer 2-adjacent attacker cause continuous memory consumption, leading to crash, reload, and availability loss.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras reachable by an attacker in the same broadcast domain. Systems isolated from untrusted Layer 2 adjacency are less exposed. The bundle does not identify specific affected firmware versions.
Exploitation context
The source states exploitation requires adjacent network access because CDP and LLDP are Layer 2 protocols. CVSS is 6.5 with high availability impact. KEV is false, and the provided sources do not establish active exploitation.
Researcher notes
The provided data names CWE-400 and describes memory consumption from malformed CDP or LLDP packet handling. No exploit code, active exploitation evidence, patch version, workaround, or detailed firmware matrix is included in the bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Check Cisco’s advisory for affected software details, fixed releases, and supported mitigations.
- Inventory Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras in production and physical-security networks.
- Prioritize cameras on shared, visitor-accessible, or weakly segmented Layer 2 networks.
- Restrict untrusted Layer 2 adjacency through VLAN segmentation and controlled switch-port access.
- Monitor affected cameras for memory exhaustion, unexpected reloads, and repeated availability loss.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras are deployed.
- Map each camera’s VLAN and identify who can reach the same broadcast domain.
- Review Cisco’s advisory against installed firmware and device configuration.
- Check operational logs for crashes, reloads, or memory exhaustion symptoms.
- Verify monitoring alerts cover camera availability and unexpected reboot events.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20210602 Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras Cisco Discovery and Link Layer Discovery Protocol Memory Leak VulnerabilitiesCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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