An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of the LIVE555 RTSP server library version 0.92.

Published 8 y ago 2018-10-19 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

10.0

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

9.7%

percentile 96%

Public exploits

none known

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of the LIVE555 RTSP server library version 0.92. A specially crafted packet can cause a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

9.67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	10.0	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.1	9.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.0	10.0	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Live Networks LIVE555 Media Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4343 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
lists.live555.com /pipermail/live-devel/2018-October/021071.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00020.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
security.gentoo.org /glsa/202005-06 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0684 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-4013
NVD: CVE-2018-4013

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