CVE•Published 2026-08-19•Modified 2026-09-01•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-49420Freebsd · Freebsd
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
19
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 81% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The RTSP handler in libalias rewrote outgoing packets into a fixed-length stack buffer without checking whether the rewritten data fit in the buffer, or whether the result fit back in the original packet. A host sending crafted RTSP traffic from inside a NAT gateway using libalias can overflow a stack buffer, potentially achieving remote code execution in the kernel (when using ipfw(4) NAT) or in the natd(8) process (which generally runs as the root user).
Timeline
Published 2026-08-19
Modified 2026-09-01
External references
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Shodan · OS
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-49420Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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