Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU141153

Memory leak in gst-plugins-bad and gstreamer - #VU141153

Published: August 6, 2026

Vulnerability identifier: #VU141153

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-401

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 a memory leak in the openjpegdec JPEG 2000 decoder element when handling error paths during stripe decoding. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted JPEG 2000 file to cause a denial of service.

User interaction is required to process the crafted file.

Affected software

gst-plugins-bad
gstreamer

Remediation

Install security update from vendor's website.

gst-plugins-bad - update to 1.28.6
gstreamer - update to 1.28.6

External References

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