What is CVE-2017-5878?

CVE-2017-5878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red5 Media Server, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-5878?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-5878 known to be exploited?

9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deserialization in Red5 Media Server

CVE-2017-5878

The AMF unmarshallers in Red5 Media Server before 1.0.8 do not restrict the classes for which it performs deserialization, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized Java data.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.027 (84.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Red5 Media_server — versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5878?: CVE-2017-5878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red5 Media Server, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-5878?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5878 known to be exploited?: 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.