CVE-2018-4013

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2018-4013 · Published 19/10/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-4013 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting live555 media server (live555).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 9.7%, higher than 95.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
live555 media server live555	`= 0.92`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2018-October/021071.html · Mailing List
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00020.html · Mailing List
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-06 · Third Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0684 · Exploit
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4343 · Third Party Advisory

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