# TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy in the Era of AI Assisted Reverse Engineering

DevFeed: [TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy in the Era of AI Assisted Reverse Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tp-link-tapo-c200-hardcoded-keys-buffer-overflows-and-privacy-in-the-era-of-ai-assisted-reverse-engineering-41272.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.evilsocket.net/2025/12/18/TP-Link-Tapo-C200-Hardcoded-Keys-Buffer-Overflows-and-Privacy-in-the-Era-of-AI-Assisted-Reverse-Engineering/>)

Author: Simone Margaritelli

Published: 2025-12-17T23:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [evilsocket](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/evilsocket.md>)

Topics: [Reverse Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reverse-engineering.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Embedded Systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embedded-systems.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-assisted-reverse-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-assisted-reverse-engineering.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [assembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/assembly.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [china](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/china.md>), [cve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve.md>), [cve-2025-14299](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-2025-14299.md>), [cve-2025-14300](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-2025-14300.md>), [cve-2025-8065](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-2025-8065.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [embedded-devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedded-devices.md>), [embedded-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedded-systems.md>), [exploit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exploit.md>), [firmware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firmware.md>), [ghidra](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ghidra.md>), [ghidramcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ghidramcp.md>), [hardcoded-credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardcoded-credentials.md>), [integer-overflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integer-overflow.md>), [iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot.md>), [iot-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot-security.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [mips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mips.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [re](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/re.md>), [reverse-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reverse-engineering.md>), [reversing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reversing.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-research.md>), [security-vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-vulnerabilities.md>), [tapo-c200](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tapo-c200.md>), [tapo-camera](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tapo-camera.md>), [tp-link](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tp-link.md>), [tplink](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tplink.md>), [vulnerability-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability-research.md>)

## AI overview

This article describes an AI-assisted reverse-engineering investigation of TP-Link Tapo C200 camera firmware. The author reports finding several security vulnerabilities affecting about 25,000 devices directly exposed on the internet, and discusses the tools and process used.

## Source excerpt

Hi friends and welcome to the last post for this year! Whenever someone asks me how to get started with reverse engineering, I always giv