Resource exhaustion in Wowza Streaming Engine

CVE-2018-7048

An issue was discovered in Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.7.1. There is a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HTTP request.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

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: 0.015 (73.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-7048: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7048?
CVE-2018-7048 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-7048?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.