CVE-2021-46045 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in GPAC by triggering an abort failure, affecting applications using this multimedia library.
- 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-2021-46045?
CVE-2021-46045 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gpac Gpac, published on 7 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
GPAC 1.0.1 is affected by: Abort failed. The impact is: cause a denial of service (context-dependent).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-46045?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gpac Gpac.
How do I fix CVE-2021-46045?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2021-46045 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-46045 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gpac Gpac
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46045, GHSA-wcrh-6vr6-xf25, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46045.