{"id":50190,"date":"2025-06-09T10:03:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:03:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-16T07:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:09:09","slug":"cve-2024-53019-information-disclosure-vulnerability-in-rtp-packet-decoding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-53019-information-disclosure-vulnerability-in-rtp-packet-decoding\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-53019: Information Disclosure Vulnerability in RTP Packet Decoding<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity realm is currently abuzz with the discovery of a new vulnerability &#8211; CVE-2024-53019, an information disclosure flaw that occurs while decoding Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packets with an improper header length for the number of contributing sources. This vulnerability can potentially affect a wide range of systems running applications that utilize RTP for media transport, including VoIP systems, streaming services, and video conferencing platforms, to name a few. Its significance lies in its potential to give malicious actors unauthorized access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48749-netwrix-directory-manager-s-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56721\">sensitive data<\/a>, leading to severe system compromise or data leakage if not mitigated promptly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-53019<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS 8.2)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Information disclosure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5100-a-double-free-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56615\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2739957478\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>[Product 1] | [Versions 1.0 &#8211; 2.0]<br \/>\n[Product 2] | [Version 3.0]<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This vulnerability is exploited when an attacker sends an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1277-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-autodesk-applications-through-malicious-pdf-files\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57134\">RTP packet<\/a> with a malformed header length to an application that uses RTP for media transmission. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-49563-improper-neutralization-exploit-in-dell-unity-leads-to-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56777\">improper header length leads<\/a> to an incorrect calculation of the number of contributing sources during the decoding process. This error, in turn, could trigger a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30295-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-adobe-framemaker\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56700\">buffer overflow<\/a> or underflow, allowing the attacker to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access to sensitive system information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-755592639\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Given the nature of this vulnerability, an example of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80012\">potential exploit<\/a> could look like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/rtp\n{ &quot;header_length&quot;: &quot;overly_large_value&quot;, &quot;contributing_sources&quot;: [ ...malicious_payload... ] }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above conceptual example, the attacker sends an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-53020-information-disclosure-vulnerability-in-rtp-packet-decoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58480\">RTP packet<\/a> with an overly large value for the &#8220;header_length&#8221; field. This may trigger the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4992-stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-3dexperience-service-process-engineer\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57356\">vulnerability during the decoding process<\/a>, allowing malicious payload concealed within the &#8220;contributing_sources&#8221; field to be executed or sensitive data to be exposed.<br \/>\nPlease note that this is a conceptual example and may not directly apply to specific real-world scenarios. Actual exploit methods may vary depending on the specific RTP implementation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-43110-critical-unauthenticated-remote-system-configuration-vulnerability-in-voltronic-power-viewpower-powershield-netguard\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83154\">system configurations<\/a>. Always refer to vendor guidance for mitigation and patching information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity realm is currently abuzz with the discovery of a new vulnerability &#8211; CVE-2024-53019, an information disclosure flaw that occurs while decoding Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packets with an improper header length for the number of contributing sources. This vulnerability can potentially affect a wide range of systems running applications that utilize RTP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[86],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-50190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-buffer-overflow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50190"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75691,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50190\/revisions\/75691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50190"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=50190"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=50190"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=50190"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=50190"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=50190"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=50190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}