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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-23928

An issue was discovered in gpac before 1.0.1. The abst_box_read function in box_code_adobe.c has a heap-based buffer over-read.

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CVE-2020-23928
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31 Oct 2026, 12:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-23928

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Apr 2021, 18:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in gpac before 1.0.1. The abst_box_read function in box_code_adobe.c has a heap-based buffer over-read.

osv:CVE-2020-23928
Complete source record
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