CVE-2018-7752

Publication date 7 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

GPAC through 0.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow in the gf_media_avc_read_sps function in media_tools/av_parsers.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-1000100.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the GPAC MP4Box utility incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted MP4 file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause MP4Box to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gpac 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-3ubuntu0.1
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.5.2-426-gc5ad4e4+dfsg5-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.5.0+svn4288~dfsg1-4ubuntu1+esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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