| Name | CVE-2021-40574 |
| Description | The binary MP4Box in Gpac 1.0.1 has a double-free vulnerability in the gf_text_get_utf8_line function in load_text.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service, even code execution and escalation of privileges. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5411-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gpac (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.5.0+svn5324~dfsg1-1+deb8u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gpac | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| gpac | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| gpac | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| gpac | source | bullseye | 1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2 | | DSA-5411-1 | |
| gpac | source | (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/1897
https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/30ac5e5236b790accd1f25347eebf2dc8c6c1bcb (v2.0.0)