vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41396.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41396",
  "details": "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.",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-41396"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    },
    {
      "type": "Ubuntu",
      "score": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "published": "2022-07-12T14:15:00Z",
  "modified": "2026-10-17T09:08:36Z",
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  "references": [
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41396"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2021-September/021994.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
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      "type": "REPORT",
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}