CVE-2022-27145
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2022-27145 affects GPAC mp4box version 1.1.0-DEV-rev1727-g8be34973d-master. The vulnerability was discovered in February 2022 and involves a stack-overflow vulnerability in the function gfisomgetsampleformovietime of mp4box (Debian Tracker, GitHub Issue).

Technical details

The vulnerability is a stack-overflow condition that occurs in the GetMediaTime function within the isomedia/isomintern.c file at line 1108. The issue manifests when processing certain MP4 files, causing recursive calls to gfisomgetsampleformovie_time that eventually lead to stack exhaustion. This was confirmed through AddressSanitizer detection tools (GitHub Issue).

Impact

The stack overflow vulnerability could lead to denial of service conditions when processing malformed MP4 files. The vulnerability has been classified with a moderate severity rating, as it primarily affects system availability (Rapid7).

Mitigation and workarounds

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

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