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TI-2021-04881 Aliases CVE-2021-21836GHSA-8rcr-wh2h-wj28

Memory corruption in GPAC Project

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-680Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists within the MPEG-4 decoding functionality of the GPAC Project on Advanced Content library v1.0.1. A specially crafted MPEG-4 input using the “ctts” FOURCC code can cause an integer overflow due to unchecked arithmetic resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow that causes memory corruption. An attacker can convince a user to open a video to trigger this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01695 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—GPAC ProjectGPAC Project Advanced Content commit a8a8d412dabcb129e695c3e7d861fcc81f608304,GPAC Project Advanced Content v1.0.1—No fix listedCNA
  • GPAC Project Vendor— Affected GPAC Project Advanced Content commit a8a8d412dabcb129e695c3e7d861fcc81f608304,GPAC Project Advanced Content v1.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gpac:gpac:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1Vulnerablegpac
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:gpac:gpac:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·gpac
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21836
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8rcr-wh2h-wj28

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Sources

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