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.
- Affected products
- Live555
- live555
- ≤ 1.08
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGH
- EPSS
- 1.3% (68th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-07-11
CVE-2021-41396 at NVD
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