Memory leak in GPAC - CVE-2019-20159

 

Memory leak in GPAC - CVE-2019-20159

Published: January 2, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23866
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20159
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "dinf_New()" function in the "isomedia/box_code_base.c" file. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Affected software

GPAC

How to mitigate CVE-2019-20159

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..


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