Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40568
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Gpac through 1.0.1 via a malformed MP4 file in the svc_parse_slice function in av_parsers.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service, even code execution and escalation of privileges.