Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 2022· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2021-41396
CVE-2021-41396
Description
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.
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References
2- lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-September/021994.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txtmitrex_refsource_MISC
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