An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0 and 0.9.0-development-20191109. There is an invalid pointer dereference in the function GF_IPMPX_AUTH_Delete() in odf/ipmpx_code.c.
Weakness
The product attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but it calls the wrong release function or calls the appropriate release function incorrectly.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gpac | Gpac | 0.8.0 (including) | 0.8.0 (including) |
| Gpac | Gpac | 0.9.0 (including) | 0.9.0 (including) |
| Gpac | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Gpac | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Gpac | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Gpac | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Gpac | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Gpac | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Gpac | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Gpac | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Extended Description
This weakness can take several forms, such as:
Potential Mitigations
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.