Memory Leak Affecting liblivemedia package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBLIVEMEDIA-20511660
  • published5 Oct 2026
  • disclosed11 Feb 2019

Introduced: 11 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-7732  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:14 liblivemedia.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblivemedia package and not the liblivemedia package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Live555 0.95, a setup packet can cause a memory leak leading to DoS because, when there are multiple instances of a single field (username, realm, nonce, uri, or response), only the last instance can ever be freed.