CVE-2021-21856

HIGH

GPAC Project on Advanced Content 1.0.1 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via MPEG-4 Decoding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple 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 can cause an integer overflow due to unchecked addition 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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1299

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0140
EPSS Percentile 68.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-680
Status published
Products (1)
gpac/gpac 1.0.1
Published Aug 18, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026