What is CVE-2020-24027?

CVE-2020-24027 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Live555 Liblivemedia, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-24027?

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

Buffer overflow in Live555 Liblivemedia

CVE-2020-24027

In Live Networks, Inc., liblivemedia version 20200625, there is a potential buffer overflow bug in the server handling of a RTSP "PLAY" command, when the command specifies seeking by absolute time.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (73.5th 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

Live555 Liblivemedia — versions 20200625
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24027?: CVE-2020-24027 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Live555 Liblivemedia, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-24027?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.