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CVE-2021-40574

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-415

Description

The binary MP4Box in Gpac from 0.9.0-preview to 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.

Affected products

• GPAC: from 0.9.0 through 1.0.1

References

• https://github.com/gpac/gpac/blob/v0.9.0-preview/src/filters/load_text.c#L232
• https://github.com/gpac/gpac/blob/v0.9.0-preview/src/filters/load_text.c#L304
• https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/30ac5e5236b790accd1f25347eebf2dc8c6c1bcb
• https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/1897
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5411
• https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/30ac5e5236b790accd1f25347eebf2dc8c6c1bcb
• https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/1897
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5411

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