What is CVE-2019-15232?

CVE-2019-15232 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Live555 Streaming_media, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-15232?

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

Use After Free in Live555 Streaming_media

CVE-2019-15232

Live555 before 2019.08.16 has a Use-After-Free because GenericMediaServer::createNewClientSessionWithId can generate the same client session ID in succession, which is mishandled by the MPEG1or2 and Matroska file demultiplexors.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.017 (74.4th 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

Live555 Streaming_media
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15232?: CVE-2019-15232 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Live555 Streaming_media, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-15232?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.