CVE-2019-20159 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
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-20159?
CVE-2019-20159 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gpac Gpac, published on 30 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0 and 0.9.0-development-20191109. There is a memory leak in dinf_New() in isomedia/box_code_base.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20159?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gpac Gpac.
How do I fix CVE-2019-20159?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20159 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-2019-20159 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20159 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gpac Gpac
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jpw9-pjg3-p977, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20159.