What is CVE-2015-8270?

CVE-2015-8270 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rtmpdump Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8270?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Rtmpdump Project

CVE-2015-8270

The AMF3ReadString function in amf.c in RTMPDump 2.4 allows remote RTMP Media servers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and process crash).

Published 2017-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rtmpdump Project — versions 2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0066/ (Technical Description, Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3850 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95126 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8270?: CVE-2015-8270 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rtmpdump Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8270?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.