CVE-2025-49140
Pion Interceptor's improper RTP padding handling allows remote crash for SFU users (DoS)
Pion Interceptor is a framework for building RTP/RTCP communication software. Versions v0.1.36 through v0.1.38 contain a bug in a RTP packet factory that can be exploited to trigger a panic with Pion based SFU via crafted RTP packets, This only affect users that use pion/interceptor. Users should upgrade to v0.1.39 or later, which validates that: padLen > 0 && padLen <= payloadLength and return error on overflow, avoiding panic. If upgrading is not possible, apply the patch from the pull request manually or drop packets whose P-bit is set but whose padLen is zero or larger than the remaining payload.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
Pion Interceptor's improper RTP padding handling allows remote crash for SFU users (DoS)
Pion Interceptor is a framework for building RTP/RTCP communication software. Versions v0.1.36 through v0.1.38 contain a bug in a RTP packet factory that can be exploited to trigger a panic with Pion based SFU via crafted RTP packets, This only affect users that use pion/interceptor. Users should upgrade to v0.1.39 or later, which validates that: padLen > 0 && padLen <= payloadLength and return error on overflow, avoiding panic. If upgrading is not possible, apply the patch from the pull request manually or drop packets whose P-bit is set but whose padLen is zero or larger than the remaining payload.
- Record
CVE-2025-49140- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-17569
7.5
Pion Interceptor is a framework for building RTP/RTCP communication software. Versions v0.1.36 through v0.1.38 contain a bug in a RTP packet factory that can be exploited to trigger a panic with Pion based SFU via crafted RTP packets, This only affect users that use pion/interceptor. Users should upgrade to v0.1.39 or later, which validates that: padLen > 0 && padLen <= payloadLength and return error on overflow, avoiding panic. If upgrading is not possible, apply the patch from the pull request manually or drop packets whose P-bit is set but whose padLen is zero or larger than the remaining payload.
- Record
EUVD-2025-17569- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f26w-gh5m-qq77
7.5
Pion Interceptor's improper RTP padding handling allows remote crash for SFU users (DoS)
Impact
Pion Interceptor versions v0.1.36 through v0.1.38 contain a bug in a RTP packet factory that can be exploited to trigger a panic with Pion based SFU via crafted RTP packets, This only affect users that use pion/interceptor.
Patches
Upgrade to v0.1.39 or later, which includes PR #338 which validates that: padLen > 0 && padLen <= payloadLength and return error on overflow, avoiding panic.
If upgrading is not possible, apply the patch from the pull request manually or drop packets whose P-bit is set but whose padLen is zero or larger than the remaining payload.
Workarounds
At the application layer, reject any RTP packet where:
hasPadding (P-bit field) == true && (padLen == 0 || padLen > packetLen – headerLen)
before passing it to Pion’s packet factories.
References
Commit fixing the bug: https://github.com/pion/interceptor/commit/fa5b35ea867389cec33a9c82fffbd459ca8958e5 Pull request: https://github.com/pion/interceptor/pull/338 Issue: https://github.com/pion/webrtc/issues/3148
- Record
GHSA-f26w-gh5m-qq77- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.5
Pion Interceptor is a framework for building RTP/RTCP communication software. Versions v0.1.36 through v0.1.38 contain a bug in a RTP packet factory that can be exploited to trigger a panic with Pion based SFU via crafted RTP packets, This only affect users that use pion/interceptor. Users should upgrade to v0.1.39 or later, which validates that: padLen > 0 && padLen <= payloadLength and return error on overflow, avoiding panic. If upgrading is not possible, apply the patch from the pull request manually or drop packets whose P-bit is set but whose padLen is zero or larger than the remaining payload.
- Record
CVE-2025-49140- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
Pion Interceptor's improper RTP padding handling allows remote crash for SFU users (DoS)
Pion Interceptor is a framework for building RTP/RTCP communication software. Versions v0.1.36 through v0.1.38 contain a bug in a RTP packet factory that can be exploited to trigger a panic with Pion based SFU via crafted RTP packets, This only affect users that use pion/interceptor. Users should upgrade to v0.1.39 or later, which validates that: padLen > 0 && padLen <= payloadLength and return error on overflow, avoiding panic. If upgrading is not possible, apply the patch from the pull request manually or drop packets whose P-bit is set but whose padLen is zero or larger than the remaining payload.
- Record
CVE-2025-49140- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-f26w-gh5m-qq77
7.5
Pion Interceptor's improper RTP padding handling allows remote crash for SFU users (DoS)
Impact
Pion Interceptor versions v0.1.36 through v0.1.38 contain a bug in a RTP packet factory that can be exploited to trigger a panic with Pion based SFU via crafted RTP packets, This only affect users that use pion/interceptor.
Patches
Upgrade to v0.1.39 or later, which includes PR #338 which validates that: padLen > 0 && padLen <= payloadLength and return error on overflow, avoiding panic.
If upgrading is not possible, apply the patch from the pull request manually or drop packets whose P-bit is set but whose padLen is zero or larger than the remaining payload.
Workarounds
At the application layer, reject any RTP packet where:
hasPadding (P-bit field) == true && (padLen == 0 || padLen > packetLen – headerLen)
before passing it to Pion’s packet factories.
References
Commit fixing the bug: https://github.com/pion/interceptor/commit/fa5b35ea867389cec33a9c82fffbd459ca8958e5 Pull request: https://github.com/pion/interceptor/pull/338 Issue: https://github.com/pion/webrtc/issues/3148
- Record
GHSA-f26w-gh5m-qq77- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-49140
7.5
Pion Interceptor is a framework for building RTP/RTCP communication software. Versions v0.1.36 through v0.1.38 contain a bug in a RTP packet factory that can be exploited to trigger a panic with Pion based SFU via crafted RTP packets, This only affect users that use pion/interceptor. Users should upgrade to v0.1.39 or later, which validates that: padLen > 0 && padLen <= payloadLength and return error on overflow, avoiding panic. If upgrading is not possible, apply the patch from the pull request manually or drop packets whose P-bit is set but whose padLen is zero or larger than the remaining payload.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-49140- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3748 No score
Pion Interceptor's improper RTP padding handling allows remote crash for SFU users (DoS) in github.com/pion/interceptor
Pion Interceptor's improper RTP padding handling allows remote crash for SFU users (DoS) in github.com/pion/interceptor
- Record
GO-2025-3748- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15225-1 No score
govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250612T141001-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250612T141001-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15225-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/pion/interceptorGo |
0.1.36 up to 0.1.39 | 0.1.39 |
golang-github-pion-interceptorUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.1.12-1 |
None known |
golang-github-pion-interceptorUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.1.12-1 |
None known |
golang-github-pion-interceptorUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.1.42-10.1.47-1 |
None known |
golang-github-pion-interceptorUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.1.12-10.1.42-1 |
None known |
govulncheck-vulndbopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 29 CVEs |
before 0.0.20250612T141001-1.1 | 0.0.20250612T141001-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-49140 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Pion Interceptor, published June 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in github.com/pion/interceptor 0.1.39.
References
github.com/pion/interceptor/security/advisories/GHSA-f26w-gh5m-qq77
github.com/pion/webrtc/issues/3148
github.com/pion/interceptor/pull/338
github.com/pion/interceptor/commit/fa5b35ea867389cec33a9c82fffbd459ca8958e5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49140
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f26w-gh5m-qq77
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