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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-40592

GPAC version before commit 71460d72ec07df766dab0a4d52687529f3efcf0a (version v1.0.1 onwards) contains loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') vulnerability in ISOBMFF reader filter, isoffin_read.c. Function isoffin_process() can result in DoS by infinite loop. To exploit, the victim must open a specially crafted mp4 file.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:53 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-40592

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Jun 2022, 18:15 UTC

GPAC version before commit 71460d72ec07df766dab0a4d52687529f3efcf0a (version v1.0.1 onwards) contains loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') vulnerability in ISOBMFF reader filter, isoffin_read.c. Function isoffin_process() can result in DoS by infinite loop. To exploit, the victim must open a specially crafted mp4 file.

osv:CVE-2021-40592
Complete source record
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