CVE-2007-6036

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The parseRTSPRequestString function in LIVE555 Media Server 2007.11.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a short RTSP query, which causes a negative number to be used during memory allocation.

Affected products

Live555 Media Server: through 2007.11.01

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/live555x-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/27711
http://secunia.com/advisories/29356
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-22.xml
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483910/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26488
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3939
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38542
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/live555x-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/27711
http://secunia.com/advisories/29356

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