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CVE-2021-40574

Date: January 12, 2022

The binary MP4Box in Gpac 1.0.1 has a double-free vulnerability in the gf_text_get_utf8_line function in load_text.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service, even code execution and escalation of privileges.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/30ac5e5236b790accd1f25347eebf2dc8c6c1bcb

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-40574

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-40574

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40574

Url: https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/1897

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5411

Url: https://github.com/gpac/gpac/blob/v0.9.0-preview/src/filters/load_text.c#L304

Url: https://github.com/gpac/gpac/blob/v0.9.0-preview/src/filters/load_text.c#L232

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-40574

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Double Free

CWE-415

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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