Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-38380

HighPublic PoC

Published: 10 August 2021

Published
10 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0028 51.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-38380 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Live555 Live555. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

live555
live555
≤ 2021.08.04

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References