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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20763

In GPAC 0.7.1 and earlier, gf_text_get_utf8_line in media_tools/text_import.c in libgpac_static.a allows an out-of-bounds write because of missing szLineConv bounds checking.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:25 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-20763

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Feb 2019, 23:29 UTC

In GPAC 0.7.1 and earlier, gf_text_get_utf8_line in media_tools/text_import.c in libgpac_static.a allows an out-of-bounds write because of missing szLineConv bounds checking.

osv:CVE-2018-20763
Complete source record
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