CVE-2021-40569 Use after free in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service via a double-free vulnerability in the GPAC MP4Box binary.

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
Available

What is CVE-2021-40569?

CVE-2021-40569 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Gpac Gpac, published on 13 Jan 2022. 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

The binary MP4Box in Gpac through 1.0.1 has a double-free vulnerability in the iloc_entry_del funciton in box_code_meta.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-40569?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gpac Gpac.

How do I fix CVE-2021-40569?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2021-40569 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40569 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Gpac Gpac vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40569, GHSA-7g54-698x-rx4w, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40569.

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