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.
References
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http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-September/021994.html | Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2022-07-12 07:15
Updated : 2022-07-18 11:59
NVD link : CVE-2021-41396
Mitre link : CVE-2021-41396
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
Products Affected
live555
- live555