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    CVE-2021-38380

    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.

    Published:Aug 10, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Aug 10, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00278
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Live555
    Product
    Live555

    Exploits

    http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.htmlhttp://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High