CVE-2024-8957PTZOptics NDI and SDI Cameras Command Injection via NTP Address Configuration
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 79.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 4 Nov 2024
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI-xx before firmware 6.3.40 is vulnerable to an OS command injection issue. The camera does not sufficiently validate the ntp_addr configuration value which may lead to arbitrary command execution when ntp_client is started. When chained with CVE-2024-8956, a remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on affected devices.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as PTZOptics PT30X-SDI/NDI Cameras OS Command Injection Vulnerability.
- Added
- 4 Nov 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 25 Nov 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 4 Nov 2024.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2024-10-31-sift-0-day-rce/ (opens in a new tab)exploittechnical-descriptionthird-party-advisory
Timeline
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Published
- 48 days later
· 48 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 79.8% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
References
References5
- https://ptzoptics.com/firmware-changelog/ (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/ptzoptics-command-injection (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2024-10-31-sift-0-day-rce/ (opens in a new tab)exploittechnical-descriptionthird-party-advisory
- https://www.greynoise.io/blog/greynoise-intelligence-discovers-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-live-streaming-cameras-with-the-help-of-ai (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-8957 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-49506 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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