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CVE-2021-38380

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-08-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

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.

Affected products

• Live555: before 2021.08.04 — fixed in 2021.08.04

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Live555 2021.08.04. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.html
• http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.04%5D
• http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.html
• http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.04%5D

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