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CVE-2021-38380

Published: Aug 10, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-125
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 28.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

n/an/a
live555live555
Mixed
Communications / video-conferencing
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АЛЬТ СП 10АО «ИВК»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Live555Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
live555oss-projectCommunicationsaka live555.com
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
ао «ивк»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ivk
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Collection
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References

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

Published
Aug 10, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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