Vulnerability · Published Jul 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-41396
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the liblivemedia package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | liblivemedia | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41396 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | liblivemedia | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41396 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-September/021994.html x_refsource_MISC