# CVE-2018-18442: D-Link DCS-825L devices with firmware 1.08 do not employ a suitable mechanism to prevent denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-12-20 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

D-Link DCS-825L devices with firmware 1.08 do not employ a suitable mechanism to prevent denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. An attacker can harm the device availability (i.e., live-online video/audio streaming) by using the hping3 tool to perform an IPv4 flood attack. Verified attacks includes SYN flooding, UDP flooding, ICMP flooding, and SYN-ACK flooding.

## What to do

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## References

- https://dojo.bullguard.com/dojo-by-bullguard/blog/i-got-my-eyeon-you-security-vulnerabilities-in-baby-monitor/

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