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ID:4453 - Exploit for Input validation error in Firefly Media Server - CVE-2012-5875
ID:4453 - Exploit for Input validation error in Firefly Media Server - CVE-2012-5875
Published: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43167
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5875
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Firefly Media Server
Firefly Media Server
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a (1) crafted Connection HTTP header; a return carriage control character in the (2) Accept Language header, (3) User-agent header, (4) Host header, or (5) protocol version; or a (6) crafted HTTP protocol version.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.