Critical severity · published Feb 28, 2019
CVE-2019-9215
In Live555 before 2019.02.27, malformed headers lead to invalid memory access in the parseAuthorizationHeader function
9.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Live555 before 2019.02.27, malformed headers lead to invalid memory access in the parseAuthorizationHeader function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0; 15.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 15.1; 15.2 · source: NVD
SM
Streaming Media · Live555
before 2019.02.27 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9215
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9215
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00044.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00024.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00009.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00022.html
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/22
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