CVE-2021-40568

NameCVE-2021-40568
DescriptionA buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Gpac through 1.0.1 via a malformed MP4 file in the svc_parse_slice function in av_parsers.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service, even code execution and escalation of privileges.
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

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gpac (PTS)buster0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-5vulnerable
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
gpacsourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
gpacsourcebuster(unfixed)end-of-life
gpacsourcebullseye1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2DSA-5411-1
gpacsource(unstable)2.0.0+dfsg1-2

Notes

[buster] - gpac <end-of-life> (EOL in buster LTS)
[stretch] - gpac <end-of-life> (No longer supported in LTS)
https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/1900
https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/f1ae01d745200a258cdf62622f71754c37cb6c30 (v2.0.0)

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