CVE-2018-21017 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in GPAC allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-21017?
CVE-2018-21017 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gpac Gpac, published on 16 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
GPAC 0.7.1 has a memory leak in dinf_Read in isomedia/box_code_base.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-21017?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gpac Gpac.
How do I fix CVE-2018-21017?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-21017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-21017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gpac Gpac
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pm35-q8g9-j4g2, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-21017.