Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gstreamer package, versions [,1.28.1)
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- published17 Mar 2026
- disclosed13 Mar 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 13 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-3083 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade gstreamer to version 1.28.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the RTP QDM2 depayloader when handling X-QDM RTP payload elements. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by supplying specially crafted data to the packetid element, resulting in a write past the end of an allocated array.