UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52718 (CVE-2026-52718)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-06-15 20:16 – Updated: 2026-09-30 21:25 – Source website
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Details

A denial of service vulnerability was found in GStreamer's AV1 codec parser in gst-plugins-bad. The gst_av1_parser_parse_tile_list_obu() function passes a byte count to a bit-reader API that expects a bit count, causing parser desynchronization. A remote attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted AV1 media file, triggering an assertion abort and causing the application to crash.


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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A denial of service vulnerability was found in GStreamer\u0027s AV1 codec parser in gst-plugins-bad. The gst_av1_parser_parse_tile_list_obu() function passes a byte count to a bit-reader API that expects a bit count, causing parser desynchronization. A remote attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted AV1 media file, triggering an assertion abort and causing the application to crash.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52718",
  "modified": "2026-09-30T21:25:14Z",
  "published": "2026-06-15T20:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-52718"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52718"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/11829"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-52718"
  ]
}



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