High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-38380

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.

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Affected products

Live555/Live555
cpe:2.3:a:live555:live555:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2021.08.04
Live555/Live555description
Live555/liveMediallm-fuzzy
Range: <=1.08

Patches

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References

lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.htmlnvdExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txtnvd

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