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CVE-2021-40574

high

Description

The binary MP4Box in Gpac from 0.9.0-preview to 1.0.1 has a double-free vulnerability in the gf_text_get_utf8_line function in load_text.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service, even code execution and escalation of privileges.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5411

https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/30ac5e5236b790accd1f25347eebf2dc8c6c1bcb

https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/1897

https://github.com/gpac/gpac/blob/v0.9.0-preview/src/filters/load_text.c#L304

https://github.com/gpac/gpac/blob/v0.9.0-preview/src/filters/load_text.c#L232

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-01-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00388