CVE-2026-38998

Impact

A use-after-free in the SocketDescriptor::tcpReadHandler1 function (liveMedia/RTPInterface.cpp) of LIVE555 Streaming Media (version 2026.02.26) allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via sending a series of crafted RTSP and HTTP requests to the server.

Affected packages

This record carries no package version data, so it cannot be matched against a dependency list automatically. Read the advisory and compare your version by hand.

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2026-March/022789.html
• https://download.live555.com/changelog.txt
• https://github.com/archersec/security-advisories/blob/master/live555/live555-advisory-2026.md