What is CVE-2021-41396?

CVE-2021-41396 is a high-severity vulnerability in Live555, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-41396?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Live555

CVE-2021-41396

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…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (63.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Live555
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41396?: CVE-2021-41396 is a high-severity vulnerability in Live555, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-41396?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.