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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-36186
CVE-2022-36186:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Null Pointer dereference vulnerability exists in GPAC 2.1-DEV-revUNKNOWN-master via the function gffilterpidsetpropertyfull() at filtercore/filter_pid.c:5250, which causes a Denial of Service (DoS). This vulnerability was discovered in July 2022 and was fixed in commit b43f9d1 (Debian Tracker).
Technical details
The vulnerability occurs in the gffilterpidsetpropertyfull() function when attempting to access a member within a null pointer of type 'struct GFFilterPid'. The issue manifests when the function tries to check PIDISINPUT(pid) at line 5250, but the pid parameter is NULL, leading to a crash (GitHub Issue).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability results in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition through application crash due to the null pointer dereference (Debian Tracker).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in commit b43f9d1a4b4e33d08edaef6d313e6ce4bdf554d3. Users should upgrade to a version containing this fix (Debian Tracker).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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