In Live555 before 2019.02.27, malformed headers lead to invalid memory access in the parseAuthorizationHeader function.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 81.8% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: liblivemedia (Debian:14) 2018.11.26-1.1; liblivemedia (Debian:8) 2014.01.13-1+deb8u3; liblivemedia (Debian:9) 2016.11.28-1+deb9u2.
Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to liblivemedia (Debian:14) 2018.11.26-1.1; liblivemedia (Debian:8) 2014.01.13-1+deb8u3; liblivemedia (Debian:9) 2016.11.28-1+deb9u2 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
- Published
- Feb 28, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.2% · 82th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
40
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.2%
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| live555 | streaming media | cpe:2.3:a:live555:streaming_media |
| opensuse | backports sle | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle |
| opensuse | leap | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux8.0
- debian debian linux9.0
- live555 streaming mediabefore 2019.02.27
- opensuse backports sle15.0
- opensuse leap15.0
- opensuse leap15.1
- opensuse leap15.2
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | liblivemedia | before 2018.11.26-1.1 | 2018.11.26-1.1 |
| Debian:8 | liblivemedia | before 2014.01.13-1+deb8u3 | 2014.01.13-1+deb8u3 |
| Debian:9 | liblivemedia | before 2016.11.28-1+deb9u2 | 2016.11.28-1+deb9u2 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.2 | live555 | before 2019.06.28-lp152.3.3.1 | 2019.06.28-lp152.3.3.1 |
| SUSE:Package Hub 15 | live555 | before 2019.06.28-bp150.12.1 | 2019.06.28-bp150.12.1 |
| SUSE:Package Hub 15 | live555 | before 2019.06.28-bp150.12.1 | 2019.06.28-bp150.12.1 |
| SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 | live555 | before 2019.06.28-bp151.3.3.1 | 2019.06.28-bp151.3.3.1 |
Same product
live555: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-15232Live555 before 2019.08.16 has a Use-After-Free because GenericMediaServer::createNewClientSessionWithId can generate the same client session40Plan
- CVE-2019-7314liblivemedia in Live555 before 2019.02.03 mishandles the termination of an RTSP stream after RTP/RTCP-over-RTSP has been set up, which could40Plan
- CVE-2013-6934The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2013.11.26, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player, allows remote38Monitor
- CVE-2013-6933The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2011.08.13 through 2013.11.25, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Pl35Monitor
- CVE-2021-28899Vulnerability in the AC3AudioFileServerMediaSubsession, ADTSAudioFileServerMediaSubsession, and AMRAudioFileServerMediaSubsessionLive OnDema30Monitor
- CVE-2019-7733In Live555 0.95, there is a buffer overflow via a large integer in a Content-Length HTTP header because handleRequestBytes has an unrestrict30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:liblivemedia | 2014.01.13-1+deb8u3 · Debian:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:liblivemedia | 2018.11.26-1.1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:live555 | 2019.06.28-bp150.12.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:live555 | 2019.06.28-bp150.12.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00024.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00009.html
- www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00022.html
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/22
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-06
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4408
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.