CVE-2021-38380
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.015 · 75 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.53% (75th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (6)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#[2021.08.04]cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38380cnnvd
- http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.04%5Denisa_euvd
- http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.htmlExploitMailing ListVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.04%5Dnvd
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