Metrics That Matter: Measuring Streaming Performance

The COVID-19 health crisis created a dramatic shift in our lifestyles. With work, school, and entertainment taking place in home environments now, it's no surprise that screen time is up. Nielsen reports that not only did overall media consumption jump significantly in the first quarter of 2020,...

A performance and functionality update is available for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

A performance and functionality update is available for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2 Introduction This article describes an update for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2. This update provides a set of performance and functionality improvements to graphics, XPS, and Media...

Making the Edge Come Alive

In April 2019, Netflix viewers streamed 164 million hours of on-demand content per day. Fast forward a year. In April 2020, Twitch streamed 55 million hours per day. The vast majority of that was live. We have seen the future of video. It is live. But live workflows have challenges and requiremen...

Media Services Live Features Upgrades to Support Modern-Day Live-Streaming Needs

Media Services Live MSL is Akamai's flagship solution for preparing live streams to provide broadcast-grade streaming quality for our live-streaming customers. MSL provides purpose-built key capabilities with liveOrigin, including ingest acceleration to map encoders to optimal entry points on the...

Preparing the Edge for a Big Year in Live Streaming

Next year is shaping up to be a big one for live streaming. Typically characteristic of even years, when many major international sporting events take place, 2021 looks like it could defy the trend. Akamai is predicting an unprecedented surge in live streaming that will start in late 2020 and...

Preparing the Edge for a Big Year in Live Streaming

Next year is shaping up to be a big one for live streaming. Typically characteristic of even years, when many major international sporting events take place, 2021 looks like it could defy the trend. Akamai is predicting an unprecedented surge in live streaming that will start in late 2020 and...

exempi Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the ASFSupport::ReadHeaderObject function XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ASFSupport.cpp in the “exempi” utility is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure by using a specially created “.as...

Hardcoded credentials

An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders. When the administrator configures a secret URL for RTSP streaming, the stream is still available via its default name such as /0. Unauthenticated attackers can view video streams that are meant to b...

Design/Logic Flaw

An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders. Attackers can send a crafted unauthenticated RTSP request to cause a buffer overflow and application crash. The device will not be able to perform its main purpose of video encoding and streaming fo...

CVE-2020-24216: Undefined Security Weakness

An issue was discovered in the box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders. When the administrator configures a secret URL for RTSP streaming, the stream is still available via its default name such as /0. Unauthenticated attackers can view video streams that are meant to b...

PT-2020-15662

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions box application on HiSilicon based IPTV/H.264/H.265 video encoders affected versions not specified Description An issue in the box application allows unauthenticated attackers to view private video streams. When an administrator sets up a secr...

Configuration Issues

webkitgtk4 has configuration issues. The vulnerability exists as it failed to properly apply configured HTTP proxy settings when downloading livestream video of HLS, DASH, or Smooth Streaming...

CMAF... This is the Way

Optimize your streaming content catalog The debate is over. Common Media Application Format CMAF has delivered on its promise: one package to serve them all. Two of the highest profile direct-to-consumer DTC streaming service launches recently made the leap, validating that the time has come for...

CVE-2020-25747

The Telnet service of Rubetek RV-3406, RV-3409, and RV-3411 cameras firmware versions v342, v339 can allow a remote attacker to gain access to RTSP and ONFIV services without authentication. Thus, the attacker can watch live streams from the camera, rotate the camera, change some settings...

CVE-2020-8927

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Brotli library where an attacker could control the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script that can trigger a crash. This issue can happen when copying chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. Mitigation This flaw can be mitigated by using...

CVE-2020-8927

A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your Brotli...

CVE-2020-8927

A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your Brotli...

ALPINE-CVE-2020-8927

A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your Brotli...

AZL-6341 CVE-2020-8927 affecting package brotli for versions less than 1.0.7-10

A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your Brotli...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8927

A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your Brotli...