CVE-2018-19072: Foscam c2 Application Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered on Foscam C2 devices with System Firmware 1.11.1.8 and Application Firmware 2.72.1.32, and Opticam i5 devices with System Firmware 1.5.2.11 and Application Firmware 2.21.1.128. /mnt/mtd/app has 0777 permissions, allowing local users to replace an archive file (within that directory) to control what is extracted to RAM at boot time.

Affected products

• Foscam c2 Application Firmware: version 2.72.1.32 only
• Foscam c2 System Firmware: version 1.11.1.8 only
• Opticam i5 Application Firmware: version 2.21.1.128 only
• Opticam i5 System Firmware: version 1.5.2.11 only

Published 2018-11-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.