CVE-2021-21859: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable integer truncation vulnerability exists within the MPEG-4 decoding functionality of the GPAC Project on Advanced Content library v1.0.1. The stri_box_read function is used when processing atoms using the 'stri' FOURCC code. An attacker can convince a user to open a video to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
  • Gpac Gpac: version 1.0.1 only

Published 2021-08-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.