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CVE-2015-8271

Write-what-where Condition

Published: Apr 13, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8271
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/123.html

The AMF3CD_AddProp function in amf.c in RTMPDump 2.4 allows remote RTMP Media servers to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness

Any condition where the attacker has the ability to write an arbitrary value to an arbitrary location, often as the result of a buffer overflow.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RtmpdumpRtmpdump_project2.4 (including)2.4 (including)
RtmpdumpUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
RtmpdumpUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
RtmpdumpUbuntuprecise*
RtmpdumpUbuntutrusty*
RtmpdumpUbuntutrusty/esm*
RtmpdumpUbuntuupstream*
RtmpdumpUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
RtmpdumpUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
RtmpdumpUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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