Is CVE-2021-38380 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-38380 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-38380?

CVE-2021-38380 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-38380?

CVE-2021-38380 has an EPSS score of 1.53% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38380?

Upgrade live555 to 2021.08.04 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-38380

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

live555NVD

Affected:< 2021.08.04Fixed in:2021.08.04CVE-2021-38380derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

lists.live555.com

Other references1

live555.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.