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CVE-2021-1564: Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras Cisco Discovery and Link Layer Discovery Protocol Memory Leak Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities in the implementation of the Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak, which could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to incorrect processing of certain Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP packets at ingress time. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol or LLDP packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to continuously consume memory, which could cause the device to crash and reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP are Layer 2 protocols. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).

MediumCVSS 6.5Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

CVE-2021-1564 can let someone on the same local network segment as affected Cisco 7000 Series IP cameras force them to consume memory until they crash and reload. The likely business impact is camera outage, not data theft or takeover, based on the supplied sources.

Executive priority

Treat this as a moderate operational resilience issue. It is unlikely to be an internet-wide emergency from the supplied evidence, but camera downtime can matter in physical security operations, regulated sites, and incident response.

Technical view

The issue affects Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP handling on Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras. Crafted Layer 2 discovery packets can trigger continuous memory consumption, causing denial of service. CVSS 3.1 is 6.5 with adjacent-network attack complexity low and no privileges or user interaction required.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to environments running Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras where an attacker can reach the same Layer 2 broadcast domain as the camera. It is not described as remotely exploitable across routed networks.

Exploitation context

The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cite active exploitation. Exploitation requires Layer 2 adjacency and crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol or LLDP traffic, so realistic risk depends heavily on physical, switch, VLAN, and camera-network access controls.

Researcher notes

This is a CWE-400 resource-consumption flaw in Layer 2 discovery-protocol processing. The advisory describes availability impact only. The bundle does not provide affected version ranges, patch details, exploit status, or workarounds beyond directing review of Cisco guidance.

Mitigation direction

  • Check Cisco's advisory for fixed software, workarounds, and supported configuration guidance.
  • Inventory Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras in security and facilities networks.
  • Restrict camera VLAN or broadcast-domain access to trusted infrastructure and management systems.
  • Review whether discovery-protocol exposure is necessary on camera-facing network segments.
  • Prioritize remediation where camera outages would affect safety, compliance, or investigations.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm whether Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras are deployed.
  • Map camera broadcast domains and identify who can reach them at Layer 2.
  • Review device logs for unexplained crashes, reloads, or memory exhaustion symptoms.
  • Verify current camera software status against Cisco's advisory guidance.
  • Document any sites where shared access networks include affected cameras.
Prepared
Confidence
high
Sources
3

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Potential ATT&CK relevance

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
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

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
2Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
6.5CVSS 3.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

6.5Medium
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2021-1564Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone
Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
CiscoCisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Camerasn/aListed
Weakness

CWE details

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CWE-400 · source CWE mapping

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.