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🛡️ CVE-2026-1418 on Ubuntu — gpac

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in GPAC up to 2.4.0. This affects the function gf_text_import_srt_bifs of the file src/scene_manager/text_to_bifs.c of the component SRT Subtitle Import. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The name of the patch is 10c73b82cf0e367383d091db38566a0e4fe71772. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-1418 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package gpac. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1418 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1418 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gpac

Timeline and source

Published on 26 January 2026 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)

Other advisories for this package

gpac has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds) in other software:

CVE-2026-1418 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-01-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gpac — —

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