Live555 Streaming Media 2018.09.02 MP3 Stream getSideInfo2 buffer overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Live555 Streaming Media 2018.09.02. The impacted element is the function getSideInfo2 of the component MP3 Stream Handler. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-65404. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Live555 Streaming Media 2018.09.02. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getSideInfo2 of the component MP3 Stream Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A buffer overflow in the getSideInfo2() function of Live555 Streaming Media v2018.09.02 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted MP3 stream.

The advisory is shared at shimo.im. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-65404 since 11/18/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/04/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 277462 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-65404), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (277462). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Live555

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• Streaming Media

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• 2018.09.02

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