CVE-2018-4013
Live555
- Published
- 19 October 2018
- Last modified
- 17 June 2026
- CVSS
- 9.8 v3.1
- Severity
- critical
- EPSS
- 9.7% (95th pct)
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- NVD status
- Modified
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of the LIVE555 RTSP server library version 0.92. A specially crafted packet can cause a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability.
Exploitation
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of 2026.09.04. That is an absence of confirmed public exploitation, not evidence that exploitation has not occurred. EPSS models a 9.7% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, placing it in the top decile of all scored CVEs.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Type | Versions named |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIVE555 MEDIA SERVER | Live555 | Video management software | 0.92, 0.93 |
References
- http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2018-October/021071.html third-party
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00020.html third-party
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-06 third-party
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0684 exploit
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4343 third-party
- http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2018-October/021071.html third-party
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00020.html third-party
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-06 third-party
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0684 exploit
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4343 third-party
Record assembled from NVD, CISA KEV 2026.09.04 and FIRST EPSS 2026-09-04. Affected products are those NVD's CPE configuration names that fall inside this site's scope; a CVE may affect products outside it.