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Security Advisory 2026-0004 (CVE-2026-2921, ZDI-CAN-28854)

Summary Integer overflow in RIFF parser
Date 2026-02-25
Affected Versions GStreamer gst-plugins-base < 1.28.1
IDs GStreamer-SA-2026-0004
CVE-2026-2921
ZDI-CAN-28854

Details

An integer overflow in the RIFF parser that can cause crashes for certain input files.

Impact

It is possible for a malicious third party to trigger an integer overflow that can result in out-of-bounds reads and writes to heap memory, and a crash of the application.

Solution

The gst-plugins-base 1.28.1 release addresses the issue. People using older versions of GStreamer should apply the patch and recompile.

References

The GStreamer project

CVE Database Entries

GStreamer releases

1.28 (current stable)

Patches


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