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Bug 857777 (CVE-2021-41396) - media-plugins/live: heap buffer overread
Summary: media-plugins/live: heap buffer overread
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: CVE-2021-41396
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/li...
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Reported: 2022-07-12 16:34 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified: 2022-07-12 16:34 UTC (History)
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Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-07-12 16:34:18 UTC
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 to launch a DoS attack.

CVE also references: http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt

I don't see a 1.08 anywhere, so not sure where MITRE got that version.