Product: GPAC (MP4Box)
Affected: gpac/gpac prior to fix commit
(f5b7cdc63a7f3269040778c5431a8f6c310bc9f3)
CVE: CVE-2025-55644
CWE: CWE-416 (Use After Free)
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MEDIUM (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Reporter: sigdevel <https://infosec.exchange/@sigdevel>
Description:
When MP4Box dumps a crafted MP4 file containing an invalid BIFS
GlobalQuantizer command, BM_ParseGlobalQuantizer() in
bifs/memory_decoder.c calls gf_node_unregister() to release a
192-byte QuantizationParameter node, freeing the underlying heap
region, but does not clear the stale pointer.
The function then calls gf_node_get_tag() on the same freed pointer.
AddressSanitizer reports a heap-use-after-free READ of size 8 at
scenegraph/base_scenegraph.c:1263, 0 bytes inside the previously freed
192-byte region, reached via BM_ParseGlobalQuantizer() while MP4Box
decodes the BIFS command list during the -svg scene dump.
Crash is reproducible on the current master branch at the time of
discovery. No authentication or special privileges required beyond
ability to provide a crafted file.
Reproduction:
-Build-opts: CC="gcc -fsanitize=address -g" CXX="g++ -fsanitize=address -g" ;
-Command: ./MP4Box -svg ./20_poc.mp4
Asan-log:
==3340347==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address
0x510000000740 at pc 0x55ce9bd4be93 bp 0x7fff57ea49f0 sp 0x7fff57ea49e8
READ of size 8 at 0x510000000740 thread T0
#0 0x55ce9bd4be92 in gf_node_get_tag scenegraph/base_scenegraph.c:1263
#1 0x55ce9bff0dde in BM_ParseGlobalQuantizer bifs/memory_decoder.c:181
#2 0x55ce9bff0dde in BM_ParseExtendedUpdates bifs/memory_decoder.c:386
PoC:
https://github.com/sigdevel/pocs/blob/main/res/gpac/MP4Box/20/20_poc.mp4
References:
https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/3246
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55644
https://infosec.exchange/@sigdevel/116736836762980573
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Best regards, Alexander A. Shvedov
https://github.com/sigdevel
