CVE-2022-3957: gpac Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-3957 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in gpac. EPSS estimates a 1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 11-11-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GPAC. Affected by this vulnerability is the function svg_parse_preserveaspectratio of the file scenegraph/svg_attributes.c of the component SVG Parser. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 2191e66aa7df750e8ef01781b1930bea87b713bb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213463.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.07%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
64%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.04 pp
From 1.03% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseThe product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
- CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeThe product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- gpac< 1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2
Gpac1 product
- gpac< 2.2.0
Ubuntu1 product
- gpacAll versions (No fix recorded)
Unspecified1 product
- gpacn/a
4 vendors · 4 products
References
6 links- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5411Vendor Advisory