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CVE-2015-8270 json

The AMF3ReadString function in amf.c in RTMPDump 2.4 allows remote RTMP Media servers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer derefer…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-8158

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

  • rtmpdump Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8270

  • rtmpdump Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.4+20121230.gitdf6c518-1ubuntu0.1
  • rtmpdump Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8270

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Exploit prediction

3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0066/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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