Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting gpac/gpac package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GPACGPAC-17099292
  • published30 May 2026
  • disclosed26 May 2026
  • creditfczhang

Introduced: 26 May 2026

CVE-2026-9572  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime via the Media_GetSample function. An attacker can cause resource exhaustion by repeatedly invoking the vulnerable process with crafted arguments.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1