CVE-2021-45289 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a Denial of Service in GPAC by triggering a SIGKILL termination due to missing security information.
- 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-2021-45289?
CVE-2021-45289 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gpac Gpac, published on 21 Dec 2021. 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
A vulnerability exists in GPAC 1.0.1 due to an omission of security-relevant Information, which could cause a Denial of Service. The program terminates with signal SIGKILL.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45289?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gpac Gpac.
How do I fix CVE-2021-45289?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45289 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-2021-45289 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45289 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gpac Gpac
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wv34-9j32-gqx7, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45289.