What is CVE-2023-42298?

CVE-2023-42298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gpac, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-42298?

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

Integer overflow in Gpac

CVE-2023-42298

An issue in GPAC GPAC v.2.2.1 and before allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the Q_DecCoordOnUnitSphere function of file src/bifs/unquantize.c.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2023-10-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gpac

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/2567 (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42298?: CVE-2023-42298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gpac, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-42298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.