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CVE-2015-8270 (GCVE-0-2015-8270)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
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Summary
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).
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-01-07 00:00
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