THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-8270
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-8270

Rtmpdump vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
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).
Affected vendor
Rtmpdump Project
Affected product
Rtmpdump
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2017-04-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-8270

  • Confirm whether Rtmpdump Project Rtmpdump is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-8270.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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