Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-41396 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Live555

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
live555
CWE-787

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Live555
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)