CVE-2017-5878 describes a critical deserialization vulnerability in Red5 Media Server versions prior to 1.0.8. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted serialized Java data, as the AMF unmarshallers do not properly restrict deserialized classes. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code like Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:red5:media_server:1.0.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:red5:media_server:1.0.2:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:red5:media_server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:red5:media_server:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:red5:media_server:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.