🛡️ CVE-2026-52722 on Debian — gst-plugins-bad1.0

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

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Description

A signed integer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's VMnc decoder. A crafted VMnc stream with large cursor dimensions can overflow signed integer payload-size arithmetic, bypassing a length check and leading to out-of-bounds reads. A remote attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted VMnc file, potentially causing a crash or information disclosure.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-52722 as tracked by Debian, for the package gst-plugins-bad1.0. The fix is available in version 1.28.5-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52722 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52722 is recorded against 1 package.

gst-plugins-bad1.0 (fixed in 1.28.5-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 15 June 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-06-15

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
gst-plugins-bad1.0	—	1.28.5-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-52722

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