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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-9215 json

In Live555 before 2019.02.27, malformed headers lead to invalid memory access in the parseAuthorizationHeader function.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-18590

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Live555 before 2019.02.27, malformed headers lead to invalid memory access in the parseAuthorizationHeader function.

Patch / fix

  • live555 streaming_media 2019.02.27
  • liblivemedia Debian 14 2018.11.26-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9215

  • liblivemedia Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2016.02.09-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • liblivemedia Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2018.02.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9215

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

  • live555 openSUSE Leap 15.2 2019.06.28-lp152.3.3.1
  • live555 Package Hub 15 SP1 2019.06.28-bp151.3.3.1
  • live555 Package Hub 15, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 2019.06.28-bp150.12.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0944-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1880-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1797-1

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Exploit prediction

2.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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