CVE-2021-41396

Live555 through 1.08 does not handle socket connections properly. A huge number of incoming socket connections in a short time invokes the error-handling module, in which a heap-based buffer overflow happens. An attacker can leverage this to launch a DoS attack.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-September/021994.html Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:live555:live555:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

18 Jul 2022, 18:59

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 5.0
v3 : 7.5
References (MISC) http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt - (MISC) http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-September/021994.html - (MISC) http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-September/021994.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:live555:live555:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Live555
Live555 live555
CWE CWE-787

12 Jul 2022, 14:28

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-07-12 14:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35


NVD link : CVE-2021-41396

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41396

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-41396


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Products Affected

live555

  • live555
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write