| Name | CVE-2021-38380 |
| Description | Live555 through 1.08 mishandles huge requests for the same MP3 stream, leading to recursion and s stack-based buffer over-read. An attacker can leverage this to launch a DoS attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| liblivemedia (PTS) | forky, sid | 2026.09.23-dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| liblivemedia | source | (unstable) | 2026.09.23-dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - liblivemedia <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - liblivemedia <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-August/021954.html
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt#[2021.08.04]