# CVE-2022-3957: GPAC SVG Parser svg\_attributes.c svg\_parse\_preserveaspectratio memory leak

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-11 · Updated: 2025-04-15

## Affected

- unspecified GPAC: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GPAC. Affected by this vulnerability is the function svg_parse_preserveaspectratio of the file scenegraph/svg_attributes.c of the component SVG Parser. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 2191e66aa7df750e8ef01781b1930bea87b713bb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213463.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on unspecified GPAC, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/2191e66aa7df750e8ef01781b1930bea87b713bb
- https://vuldb.com/?id.213463
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5411

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