CVE-2021-41396

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.

Weakness classification

• nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory