CVE-2019-5994 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) of numerous Canon EOS series digital cameras and PowerShot models. An attacker on the same network segment can exploit this flaw using a SendObjectInfo command. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk of the affected device becoming unresponsive or allowing arbitrary code execution. While there are no public exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including demonstrations of ransomware attacks on affected cameras.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canon:eos-1d_x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canon:eos-1d_x_mkii_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canon:eos-1d_c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canon:eos_5d_mark_iii_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canon:eos_5d_mark_iv_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.