High
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in faad2 before 2.10.0. A heap-buffer-overflow exists in the function stszin located in mp4read.c. It allows an attacker to cause Code Execution.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-32272
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in faad2 before 2.10.0. A heap-buffer-overflow exists in the function stszin located in mp4read.c. It allows an attacker to cause Code Execution.
osv:CVE-2021-32272
Complete source record
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