What is CVE-2018-17878?

CVE-2018-17878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Abus Tvip 10000, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-17878?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Abus Tvip 10000

CVE-2018-17878

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in certain ABUS TVIP cameras allows attackers to gain control of the program via crafted string sent to sprintf() function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

www.ccc.de/en/updates/2019/update-nicht-verfugbar-hersteller-nicht-zu-erreichen (Third Party Advisory)
sec.maride.cc/posts/abus/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17878?: CVE-2018-17878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Abus Tvip 10000, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-17878?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.