Out-of-bounds Read Affecting liblivemedia package, versions <2026.09.23-dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.53% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBLIVEMEDIA-20511668
  • published5 Oct 2026
  • 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 Debian:14 liblivemedia to version 2026.09.23-dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblivemedia package and not the liblivemedia package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 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

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