Input validation error in Firefly Media Server - CVE-2012-5875
Published: January 18, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43167
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5875
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Firefly Media Server
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5875
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.