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Security Advisory 2026-0006 (CVE-2026-2920, ZDI-CAN-28843)

Summary Out-of-bounds write in ASF Demuxer
Date 2026-02-25
Affected Versions GStreamer gst-plugins-ugly < 1.28.1
IDs GStreamer-SA-2026-0006
CVE-2026-2920
ZDI-CAN-28843

Details

An out-of-bounds write in the ASF demuxer that can cause crashes for certain input files.

Impact

It is possible for a malicious third party to trigger out-of-bounds writes to heap memory, which can result in a crash of the application.

Solution

The gst-plugins-ugly 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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