CVE-2021-40592: gpac Infinite Loop

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-40592 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in gpac. EPSS estimates a 0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 08-06-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

GPAC version before commit 71460d72ec07df766dab0a4d52687529f3efcf0a (version v1.0.1 onwards) contains loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') vulnerability in ISOBMFF reader filter, isoffin_read.c. Function isoffin_process() can result in DoS by infinite loop. To exploit, the victim must open a specially crafted mp4 file.

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.