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CVE-2021-21852 (GCVE-0-2021-21852)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-18 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:23
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Summary
Multiple exploitable integer overflow vulnerabilities exist within the MPEG-4 decoding functionality of the GPAC Project on Advanced Content library v1.0.1. A specially crafted MPEG-4 input at “stss” decoder can cause an integer overflow due to unchecked arithmetic resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow that causes memory corruption. An attacker can convince a user to open a video to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-680 - Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a GPAC" Affected: GPAC Project Advanced Content commit a8a8d412dabcb129e695c3e7d861fcc81f608304 ,GPAC Project Advanced Content v1.0.1,
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