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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

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

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-07-12 14:15

Updated : 2022-07-18 18:59

NVD link : CVE-2021-41396

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41396

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-41396

JSON object : View

Products Affected

live555

live555

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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