CVE-2021-38381
6.5 MEDIUMLive555 through 1.08 does not handle MPEG-1 or 2 files properly
Published: 2021-08-10 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-416
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| live555 | live555 |
Description
Live555 through 1.08 does not handle MPEG-1 or 2 files properly. Sending two successive RTSP SETUP commands for the same track causes a Use-After-Free and daemon crash.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38381
- [Vendor advisory]http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021961.html
- [Other]http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.09%5D
- [Vendor advisory]http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021961.html
- [Other]http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.09%5D
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- CVE-2021-39283 — liveMedia/FramedSource.cpp in Live555 through 1.08 allows an assertion failure and application exit via multiple SETUP and PLAY commands (5.5 MEDIUM)
- CVE-2021-39282 — Live555 through 1.08 has a memory leak in AC3AudioStreamParser for AC3 files (7.5 HIGH)
- CVE-2021-38382 — Live555 through 1.08 does not handle Matroska and Ogg files properly (6.5 MEDIUM)
- CVE-2021-38380 — Live555 through 1.08 mishandles huge requests for the same MP3 stream, leading to recursion and s stack-based buffer over-read (7.5 HIGH)
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