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Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2022-3957

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GPAC. Affected by this vulnerability is the function "svg_parse_preserveaspectratio" of the file "scenegraph/svg_attributes.c" of the component SVG Parser. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. This issue affects versions prior to 2.2.0.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)

'Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't effectively release allocated memory after it is used. If not addressed, this enables attackers to launch denial of service attacks (by crashing or hanging the program) or take advantage of other unexpected behavior resulting from low memory conditions.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published