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CVE-2021-40564 (GCVE-0-2021-40564)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:44
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Summary
A Segmentation fault caused by null pointer dereference vulnerability eists in Gpac through 1.0.2 via the avc_parse_slice function in av_parsers.c when using mp4box, which causes a denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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