Stack-based buffer overflow in LIVE555 Media Server - CVE-2018-4013
Published: October 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15453
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4013
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists the HTTP packet parsing functionality of LIVE555 RTSP Server library that analyzes HTTP headers for RTSP tunneling over HTTP due to stack-based buffer overflow when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can supply a speciallycrafted packet containing multiple “Accept:” or “x-sessioncookie” strings, trigger memory corruption in the function “lookForHeader and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
LIVE555 Media Server
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
liblivemedia (Debian package)
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
liblivemedia (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4013
Update the affected software to the latest version.
liblivemedia (Debian package) - update to 2016.11.28-1+deb9u1