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Use After Free

CVE-2021-46239

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

The binary MP4Box in GPAC before v2.0.0 was discovered to contain an invalid free vulnerability via the function "gf_free ()" at "utils/alloc.c". This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published