CVE-2007-6036

Exp

The parseRTSPRequestString function in LIVE555 Media Server 2007.11.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a short RTSP query, which causes a negative number to be used during memory allocation.

Published: 2007-11-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6036 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.41%, 90th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6036

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30776 exploit_db edb 2007-11-19 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6036

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 13.90% 4.41% -9.48%
2 2026-01-31 8.36% 13.90% +5.54%
3 2025-03-30 — 8.36% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6036

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6036

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6036

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-6036: 1 GLSA(s) (200803-22), 1 atom(s) (media-plugins/live); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6036

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6036

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
live555 media_server <= 2007.11.01 cpe:2.3:a:live555:media_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6036

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