Overview
Recently, the TALOS team disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2018-4013). This vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet parsing functionality of the LIVE555 RTSP server library. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet, resulting in code execution.
CVSSv3 Score:
10.0 – CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reference link:
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0684
Affected Versions
- Live Networks LIVE555 Media Server Version 0.92
Solution
LIVE555 Streaming Media has released a patch to fix the preceding vulnerability. Affected users should upgrade their application as soon as possible for effective protection.
For details, please visit the following link:
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/
For the source code and changelog, please visit the following link:
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/
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