The parseRTSPRequestString function in LIVE555 Media Server 2007.11.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

Description

The parseRTSPRequestString function in LIVE555 Media Server 2007.11.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a short RTSP query, which causes a negative number to be used during memory allocation.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 20071118 Crash in LIVE555 Media Server 2007.11.01 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• live555-rtsp-dos(38542) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• GLSA-200803-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 29356 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27711 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/live555x-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 26488 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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[![CVE-2007-6036](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-6036.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-6036)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:54 UTC.