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CVE-2021-38381 (GCVE-0-2021-38381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-10 17:16 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
VLAI
Summary
Live555 through 1.08 does not handle MPEG-1 or 2 files properly. Sending two successive RTSP SETUP commands for the same track causes a Use-After-Free and daemon crash.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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