NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gpac package, versions <1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GPAC-2359077
  • published24 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Jan 2022

Introduced: 12 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-40565  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 gpac to version 1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gpac package and not the gpac package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A Segmentation fault caused by a null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Gpac through 1.0.1 via the gf_avc_parse_nalu function in av_parsers.c when using mp4box, which causes a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1