Out-of-bounds Read Affecting live-media package, versions <2022.02.07-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.53% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-LIVEMEDIA-14182112
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed10 Aug 2021

Introduced: 10 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-38380  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 live-media to version 2022.02.07-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream live-media package and not the live-media package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1