CVE-2021-38380
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2021 at 05:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLIVE555
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.htmlx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.04%5DCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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