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CVE-2021-45760: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

GPAC v1.1.0 was discovered to contain an invalid memory address dereference vulnerability via the function gflistlast(). This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2021-45760 and was publicly disclosed in December 2021. The vulnerability affects GPAC multimedia framework versions up to 1.1.0 (GPAC Issue).

Technical details

The vulnerability is caused by an invalid memory address dereference in the gflistlast() function. When triggered, it results in a segmentation fault and application crash. The issue was discovered with GPAC version 1.1.0-DEV and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.5 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition by triggering a crash in the application. The impact is limited to availability with no direct impact on confidentiality or integrity (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Debian's stable distribution (bullseye) with version 1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2. Users are recommended to upgrade their gpac packages to the latest version (Debian Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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