CVE-2018-4013

Publication date 19 October 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain network packets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
liblivemedia	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	21.10 impish	Not in release
	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2018.02.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2016.02.09-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2014.01.13-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4853-1
liveMedia vulnerabilities
15 March 2021