Denial of service in LIVE555 Streaming Media

Published: 2020-06-29

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE ID	N/A
CWE ID	CWE-401
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	LIVE555 Streaming Media Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor	Live Networks

Security Advisory

This security advisory describes one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3: 6.5 [CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C] [PCI]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference ('Memory Leak')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the "sha1()" function. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LIVE555 Streaming Media: 2020.06.22, 2020.06.23

CPE

External links

http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.