CVE-2021-45861 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted media file triggers an assertion failure in tsMuxer, causing the application to crash and resulting in a denial of service.
- 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-2021-45861?
CVE-2021-45861 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Mar 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
There is an Assertion `num <= INT_BIT' failed at BitStreamReader::skipBits in /bitStream.h:132 of tsMuxer git-c6a0277.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45861?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tsmuxer Project Tsmuxer.
How do I fix CVE-2021-45861?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45861 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-2021-45861 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45861 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8w48-7hcw-qccw.