CVE-2021-38380

HIGH

Live555 <1.08 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Live555 through 1.08 mishandles huge requests for the same MP3 stream, leading to recursion and s stack-based buffer over-read. An attacker can leverage this to launch a DoS attack.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 51.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
live555/live555 < 2021.08.04
Published Aug 10, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026