Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-4013

critical

CVE-2018-4013

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet- ...

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of the LIVE555 RTSP server library version 0.92. A specially crafted packet can cause a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 14liblivemedia2018.10.17-1
debian 8liblivemedia2014.01.13-1+deb8u1
debian 9liblivemedia2016.11.28-1+deb9u1
ubuntu 14.04liblivemedia2014.01.13-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMliblivemedia2016.02.09-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMliblivemedia2018.02.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

References

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