What is CVE-2017-8221?

CVE-2017-8221 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wificam Wireless Ip Camera \(P2p\), classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2017-8221?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wificam Wireless Ip Camera \(P2p\)

CVE-2017-8221

Wireless IP Camera (P2P) WIFICAM devices rely on a cleartext UDP tunnel protocol (aka the Cloud feature) for communication between an Android application and a camera device, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Published 2017-04-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.027 (85.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-03-08-camera-goahead-0day.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/23 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8221?: CVE-2017-8221 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wificam Wireless Ip Camera \(P2p\), classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2017-8221?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.