Integer overflow in gst-plugins-good and gstreamer - CVE-2026-39044
Published: May 22, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU132158
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-39044
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GStreamer
Affected software:
gst-plugins-good
gstreamer
gst-plugins-good
gstreamer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the WAV parser (wavparse) when parsing malformed WAV files with cue chunks. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a crafted WAV file to cause a denial of service.
Memory exhaustion may also occur during cue chunk parsing.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-39044
Install security update from vendor's website.