PT-2021-22094 · Live555+1 · Live555+1

Published 2021-08-03 · Updated 2021-08-20 · CVE-2021-38380

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Live555 versions 1.08 and earlier

Description The issue arises from mishandling huge requests for the same MP3 stream, leading to recursion and a stack-based buffer over-read. An attacker can leverage this to launch a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Recommendations For versions 1.08 and earlier, update to a version that fixes the handling of huge requests for the same MP3 stream to prevent recursion and stack-based buffer over-read. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-03985

CVE-2021-38380

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11023-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Live555

References · 14

• 🔥 http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.html · Exploit
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2025-0319SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2025-0422SE90 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38380 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-03985 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38380 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38380 · Vendor Advisory
• http://live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#[2021.08.04] · Note
• https://altsp.su/obnovleniya-bezopasnosti · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19823 · Telegram Post
• http://live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#%5B2021.08.04%5D · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19013 · Telegram Post