CVE-2020-9527 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Shenzhen Hichip Vision Technology firmware (V6-V20, 2018-2020), used in millions of IoT devices across numerous brands. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the peer-to-peer (P2P) service. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2020-06-29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hichip:shenzhen_hichip_vision_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.