High
Security advisory
The binary MP4Box in Gpac 1.0.1 has a double-free vulnerability in the avc_compute_poc function in av_parsers.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service, even code execution and escalation of privileges.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-40570
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The binary MP4Box in Gpac 1.0.1 has a double-free vulnerability in the avc_compute_poc function in av_parsers.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service, even code execution and escalation of privileges.
osv:CVE-2021-40570
Complete source record
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