Live555
CVE-2021-39282
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
Live555 through 1.08 has a memory leak in AC3AudioStreamParser for AC3 files.
AnalysisAI
Live555 through 1.08 has a memory leak in AC3AudioStreamParser for AC3 files. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Memory Leak (CWE-401), which allows attackers to exhaust available memory leading to denial of service. Live555 through 1.08 has a memory leak in AC3AudioStreamParser for AC3 files. Affected products include: Live555. Version information: through 1.08.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Ensure all allocated memory is properly freed. Use RAII patterns or garbage-collected languages.
A heap-use-after-free vulnerability was found in live555 version 2023.05.10 while handling the SETUP. Rated critical sev
A Denial of Service issue was discovered in the LIVE555 Streaming Media libraries as used in Live555 Media Server 0.93.
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of the LIVE555 RTSP server l
The parseRTSPRequestString function in Live Networks Live555 Streaming Media 2013.11.26, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media P
Authorization bypass in LIVE555 RTSP server (versions before 2026.04.22) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to hija
Live555 through 1.08 mishandles huge requests for the same MP3 stream, leading to recursion and s stack-based buffer ove
In Live555 0.95, there is a buffer overflow via a large integer in a Content-Length HTTP header because handleRequestByt
A use-after-free in the MPEG1or2Demux::newElementaryStream() function of Live555 Streaming Media v2018.09.02 allows atta
A NULL pointer dereference in the ADTSAudioFileServerMediaSubsession::createNewRTPSink() function of Live555 Streaming M
A heap overflow in the MatroskaFile::createRTPSinkForTrackNumber() function of Live555 Streaming Media v2018.09.02 allow
A use-after-free in the ADTSAudioFileSource::samplingFrequency() function of Live555 Streaming Media v2018.09.02 allows
A buffer overflow in the getSideInfo2() function of Live555 Streaming Media v2018.09.02 allows attackers to cause a Deni
Same weakness CWE-401 – Memory Leak
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