What is CVE-2021-46046?

CVE-2021-46046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gpac, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-46046?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Gpac

CVE-2021-46046

A Pointer Derefernce Vulnerbility exists GPAC 1.0.1 the gf_isom_box_size function, which could cause a Denial of Service (context-dependent).

Published 2022-01-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gpac — versions 1.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/2005 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5411 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-46046?: CVE-2021-46046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gpac, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-46046?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.