CVE-2015-8270

high

Published 2017-04-13 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

VIR risk

7.5

Description

The AMF3ReadString function in amf.c in RTMPDump 2.4 allows remote RTMP Media servers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and process crash).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.4+20151223.gitfa8646d.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
rtmpdump_project	rtmpdump	`2.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-476

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.