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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-28300

NULL Pointer Dereference in the "isomedia/track.c" module's "MergeTrack()" function of GPAC v0.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by uploading a malicious MP4 file.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:59 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-28300

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Apr 2021, 14:15 UTC

NULL Pointer Dereference in the "isomedia/track.c" module's "MergeTrack()" function of GPAC v0.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by uploading a malicious MP4 file.

osv:CVE-2021-28300
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28300",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-28300",
    "summary": "NULL Pointer Dereference in the \"isomedia/track.c\" module's \"MergeTrack()\" function of GPAC v0.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by uploading a malicious MP4 file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-28300",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gpac:gpac:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          ],
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:38.016672219Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/1702"
      ],
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    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380619,
  "published_at": "2021-04-14T14:15:14.053+00:00"
}