CVE-2019-6256
CRITICALLive555 Media Server - Improper Exception Handling
Title source: ruleDescription
A Denial of Service issue was discovered in the LIVE555 Streaming Media libraries as used in Live555 Media Server 0.93. It can cause an RTSPServer crash in handleHTTPCmd_TunnelingPOST, when RTSP-over-HTTP tunneling is supported, via x-sessioncookie HTTP headers in a GET request and a POST request within the same TCP session. This occurs because of a call to an incorrect virtual function pointer in the readSocket function in GroupsockHelper.cpp.
References (5)
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0056
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-755
Status
published
Affected Products (3)
live555/live555_media_server
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux
Timeline
Published
Jan 14, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026