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high 7.5

CVE-2020-6095 json

An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the GstRTSPAuth functionality of GStreamer/gst-rtsp-server 1.14.5.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-27249

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the GstRTSPAuth functionality of GStreamer/gst-rtsp-server 1.14.5. A specially crafted RTSP setup request can cause a null pointer deference resulting in denial-of-service. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • gst-rtsp-server1.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.16.2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6095

  • gstreamer-rtsp-server openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.5-1.1
  • gstreamer-rtsp-server Package Hub 15 SP1, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.12.5-bp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10831-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0535-1

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Exploit prediction

2.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1018 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/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

Affected products

  • n/a GStreamer

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-690 Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference
  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Sources

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