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CVE-2019-15232

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Live555 before 2019.08.16 has a Use-After-Free because GenericMediaServer::createNewClientSessionWithId can generate the same client session ID in succession, which is mishandled by the MPEG1or2 and Matroska file demultiplexors.

Affected products

• Live555 Streaming Media: before 2019-08-16 — fixed in 2019-08-16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Live555 Streaming Media 2019-08-16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-06
• http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-06

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