CVE-2026-38998

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-09 · updated 2026-09-14
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free in the SocketDescriptor::tcpReadHandler1 function (liveMedia/RTPInterface.cpp) of LIVE555 Streaming Media (version 2026.02.26) allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via sending a series of crafted RTSP and HTTP requests to the server.

References

http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2026-March/022789.html
https://download.live555.com/changelog.txt
https://github.com/archersec/security-advisories/blob/master/live555/live555-advisory-2026.md

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