CVE-2026-38998

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Sep 9, 2026
Updated: Sep 14, 2026
Reserved: Apr 6, 2026

Description

A use-after-free in the SocketDescriptor::tcpReadHandler1 function (liveMedia/RTPInterface.cpp) of LIVE555 Streaming Media (version 2026.02.26) allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via sending a series of crafted RTSP and HTTP requests to the server.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2026-March/022789.html
https://download.live555.com/changelog.txt
https://github.com/archersec/security-advisories/blob/master/live555/live555-advisory-2026.md

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