Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-46239

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 21 January 2022

Published
21 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 50.4th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-46239 is a medium-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Gpac Gpac. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 49.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The binary MP4Box in GPAC v1.1.0 was discovered to contain an invalid free vulnerability via the function gf_free () at utils/alloc.c. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gpac
gpac
1.1.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

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