CVE-2023-2839 Divide By Zero in gpac/gpac

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in the GPAC multimedia library by triggering a divide by zero error.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-2839?

CVE-2023-2839 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gpac Gpac, published on 22 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Divide By Zero in GitHub repository gpac/gpac prior to 2.2.2.

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2839?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gpac Gpac.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2839?

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-2023-2839 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2839 exists.

All Gpac Gpac vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2839, GHSA-2rqp-6r59-hpfg, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2839.

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