What is CVE-2021-40562?

CVE-2021-40562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gpac, classified under Incorrect Comparison. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-40562?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-40562 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Gpac

CVE-2021-40562

A Segmentation fault caused by a floating point exception exists in Gpac through 1.0.1 using mp4box via the naludmx_enqueue_or_dispatch function in reframe_nalu.c, which causes a denial of service.

EPSS: 0.008 (54.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gpac
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-697 — Incorrect Comparison

Public proof-of-concept exploits

s-cube-xmu/Bug_

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40562?: CVE-2021-40562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gpac, classified under Incorrect Comparison. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-40562?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-40562 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.