Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gstreamer package, versions [,1.28.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

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EPSS
0.79% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GSTREAMER-15674524
  • published17 Mar 2026
  • disclosed13 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-3082  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (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 when parsing Huffman tables in JPEG files. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted JPEG file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1