CVE-2021-40571

NameCVE-2021-40571
DescriptionThe binary MP4Box in Gpac 1.0.1 has a double-free vulnerability in the ilst_box_read function in box_code_apple.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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

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+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm, sid2.0.0+dfsg1-4fixed

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
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/1895
https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/a69b567b8c95c72f9560c873c5ab348be058f340 (v2.0.0)

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