# CVE-2024-44809: A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the Pi Camera project, version 1.0, maintained by RECANTHA.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-03 · Updated: 2024-09-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the Pi Camera project, version 1.0, maintained by RECANTHA. The issue arises from improper sanitization of user input passed to the "position" GET parameter in the tilt.php script. An attacker can exploit this by sending crafted input data that includes malicious command sequences, allowing arbitrary commands to be executed on the server with the privileges of the web server user. This vulnerability is exploitable remotely and poses significant risk if the application is exposed to untrusted networks.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/recantha/camera-pi/blob/ef018d212288cb16404f0b050593d20f0dc0467b/www/tilt.php#L4
- https://jacobmasse.medium.com/cve-2024-44809-remote-code-execution-in-raspberry-pi-camera-project-4b8e3486a628

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