Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6062

Memory Safety in Gpac 2.5-dev-rev288-g11067ea92-master

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
17 June 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 4.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0035 27th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6062 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Gpac Gpac. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 27th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in GPAC 2.5-DEV-rev228-g11067ea92-master and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function swf_svg_add_iso_sample of the file src/filters/load_text.c of the component MP4Box. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached…

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locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as 31e499d310a48bd17c8b055a0bfe0fe35887a7cd. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-268790 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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Why these techniques?

Null pointer dereference in GPAC MP4Box's swf_svg_add_iso_sample function causes application crash when processing malicious SWF input locally, enabling endpoint denial of service via application exploitation.

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Affected Assets

gpac
gpac
2.5-dev-rev288-g11067ea92-master

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices (static analysis, code review, safe coding standards) directly prevent NULL dereference bugs during development.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing can detect NULL dereference defects before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates defensive coding practices that can prevent NULL dereferences.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify input validation and pointer-safety rules.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design that avoids unsafe pointer use.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require NULL-pointer checks and safe dereference patterns.

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