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CVE-2018-4013

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of...

10.0 CriticalPublic exploitFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

9.67%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 10.0

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.

Record
CVE-2018-4013
CVSS 3.0
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15799 10.0

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.

Record
EUVD-2018-15799
CVSS 3.0
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3rmx-2chr-mp38 9.8

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of...

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.

Record
GHSA-3rmx-2chr-mp38
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2018-4013
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-4013 9.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4013
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-4013 9.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4013
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2019-0029 No score

Updated live, ffmpeg, mplayer, and vlc packages fix security vulnerabilities

A bug in the server implementation of RTSP-over-HTTP in live could allow a denial-of-service attack.

A bug in the server implementation of RTSP-over-HTTP could allow a buffer overflow, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code when parsing a malformed RTSP stream (CVE-2018-4013).

The flv_write_packet function in libavformat/flvenc.c in FFmpeg through 3.3.8 does not check for an empty audio packet, leading to an assertion failure (CVE-2018-15822).

The live package has been updated to version 2018.11.26, the ffmpeg package has been updated to version 3.3.9, and the vlc package has been updated to version 3.0.5, fixing these issues and other bugs.

The mplayer package has been rebuilt against the update live package to fix the RTSP-over-HTTP issues in mplayer.

Record
MGASA-2019-0029
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:0058-1 No score

Security update for live555

This update fixes two security issues in live555:

  • CVE-2018-4013: Remote code execution vulnerability (bsc#1114779)
  • CVE-2019-6256: Denial of Service issue with RTSP-over-HTTP tunneling via x-sessioncookie HTTP headers (boo#1121892)

This library is statically linked into VLC. However VLC is not affected because it only uses the live555 library to implement the RTSP client.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:0058-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11023-1 No score

libBasicUsageEnvironment1-2021.08.23-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libBasicUsageEnvironment1-2021.08.23-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11023-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4853-1 No score

liblivemedia vulnerabilities

It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain network packets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-4013)

It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain network sessions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-6256)

It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain RTSP streamings. An attacker could possiby use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2019-7314)

It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2019-9215)

Record
USN-4853-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
liblivemedia
Debian:14
 before 2018.10.17-1, plus listed versions
2004.11.11a-12005.04.01-12005.06.16-12005.07.21-12005.10.05-1
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2006.03.17-12006.03.17-22007.02.20-12007.02.20-22008.07.25-12008.07.25-22009.11.27-12010.02.10-12010.04.09-12010.11.17-12011.03.14-12011.05.25-12011.06.16-12011.07.08-12011.07.21-12011.08.22-12011.09.02-12011.12.23-12012.02.04-12012.02.29-12012.02.29-22012.04.04-12012.04.21-12012.05.03-12012.05.03-1~bpo60+12012.05.17-12012.05.17-1+wheezy12012.05.17-1~bpo60+12012.08.31-12012.10.24-12012.11.16-12012.11.30-12013.01.05-12013.01.05-22013.01.05-32013.01.15-12013.04.30-12013.10.25-12014.01.13-12015.12.22-12016.01.12-12016.01.16-12016.01.20-12016.01.29-12016.01.29-2
2018.10.17-1
liblivemedia
Debian:8
 before 2014.01.13-1+deb8u1, plus listed versions
2014.01.13-1
2014.01.13-1+deb8u1
liblivemedia
Debian:9
 before 2016.11.28-1+deb9u1, plus listed versions
2016.11.28-1
2016.11.28-1+deb9u1
live
Mageia:6
 before 2018.11.26-1.mga6
2018.11.26-1.mga6
ffmpeg
Mageia:6
 before 3.3.9-1.mga6
3.3.9-1.mga6
mplayer
Mageia:6
 before 1.3.0-13.mga6
1.3.0-13.mga6
vlc
Mageia:6
 before 3.0.5-2.mga6
3.0.5-2.mga6
ffmpeg
Mageia:6
 before 3.3.9-1.mga6.tainted
3.3.9-1.mga6.tainted
mplayer
Mageia:6
 before 1.3.0-13.mga6.tainted
1.3.0-13.mga6.tainted
vlc
Mageia:6
 before 3.0.5-2.mga6.tainted
3.0.5-2.mga6.tainted
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
liblivemedia
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 2014.01.13-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
2013.04.30-12013.04.30-1ubuntu12013.10.25-12014.01.13-1
2014.01.13-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
liblivemedia
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
 before 2016.02.09-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
2014.01.13-12016.01.29-22016.02.09-1
2016.02.09-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
liblivemedia
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
 before 2018.02.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
2017.07.18-12017.09.12-1ubuntu12017.10.28-22018.01.29-12018.02.18-1
2018.02.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
live555
SUSE:Package Hub 15
 before 2018.12.14-bp150.3.3.1
2018.12.14-bp150.3.3.1
live555
openSUSE:Leap 15.0
 before 2018.12.14-bp150.3.3.1
2018.12.14-bp150.3.3.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubDoubleMice/cve-2018-40132018-10-24
PoC in GitHubr3dxpl0it/RTSPServer-Code-Execution-Vulnerability2018-11-24

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-4013 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Debian Linux, published October 19, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.67%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in liblivemedia 2018.10.17-1.

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