Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting live555 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.33% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIVE555-15039634
  • published20 Jan 2026
  • disclosed19 Jan 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-1200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for live555.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Uninitialized Pointer via the increaseBufferTo function. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted requests to a service utilizing the vulnerable function.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the service is exposed to an attacker and utilizes the affected function in a server context.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1