CVE-2021-21855

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    CVE-2021-21855

    Published: 18 Aug 2021Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4966, https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1299

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d8538e8ae946b32d99c6b2c57cbb327146e9cd9d
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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