CVE-2021-21852

NameCVE-2021-21852
DescriptionMultiple exploitable integer overflow vulnerabilities exist within the MPEG-4 decoding functionality of the GPAC Project on Advanced Content library v1.0.1. A specially crafted MPEG-4 input at “stss” decoder can cause an integer overflow due to unchecked arithmetic resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow that causes memory corruption. An attacker can convince a user to open a video to trigger this vulnerability.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5411-1
Debian Bugs994746

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ccextractor (PTS)buster0.87+ds1-1vulnerable
bullseye0.88+ds1-1vulnerable
sid0.94+ds1-3fixed
gpac (PTS)buster0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-5fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u3fixed
sid2.2.1+dfsg1-3.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ccextractorsource(unstable)0.93+ds2-1994746
gpacsourcestretch(not affected)
gpacsourcebuster(not affected)
gpacsourcebullseye1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2DSA-5411-1
gpacsource(unstable)1.0.1+dfsg1-5

Notes

[buster] - gpac <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[stretch] - gpac <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - ccextractor <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - ccextractor <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1297
https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/b515fd04f5f00f4a99df741042f1efb31ad56351
https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/592ba2689a3f2fc787371eda490fde4f84e60315
https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/1814

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