VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-38380
An attacker can leverage this to launch a DoS attack.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.53% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- live555/live555
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.04%5D
- http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.04%5D
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.