BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-12-01

Last updated on: 2025-12-02

Assigner: MITRE

Description

A heap overflow in the MatroskaFile::createRTPSinkForTrackNumber() function of Live555 Streaming Media v2018.09.02 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted MKV file.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-12-01

Last Modified

2025-12-02

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-12-01

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-65406

EUVD

EUVD-2025-200017

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
live555	live555_streaming_media	2018.09.02

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-122	A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a heap overflow in the MatroskaFile::createRTPSinkForTrackNumber() function of Live555 Streaming Media version 2018.09.02. It occurs when an attacker supplies a specially crafted MKV file, which can cause the program to crash or behave unexpectedly.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition, meaning the affected software could crash or become unavailable when processing a malicious MKV file.

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