Division by zero in gst-plugins-good and gstreamer - CVE-2026-46472

 

Division by zero in gst-plugins-good and gstreamer - CVE-2026-46472

Published: May 22, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU132157
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46472
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to division by zero in the MOV/MP4 demuxer audio channel layout parsing code when parsing a crafted file that signals zero audio channels. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted media file to cause a denial of service.

User interaction is required to open or process a crafted media file.


Affected software

gst-plugins-good
gstreamer

How to mitigate CVE-2026-46472

Install security update from vendor's website.

gst-plugins-good - update to 1.28.2
gstreamer - update to 1.28.2

External References

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