🛡️ CVE-2026-52718 on Ubuntu — gst-plugins-bad1.0

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

A denial of service vulnerability was found in GStreamer's AV1 codec parser in gst-plugins-bad. The gst_av1_parser_parse_tile_list_obu() function passes a byte count to a bit-reader API that expects a bit count, causing parser desynchronization. A remote attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted AV1 media file, triggering an assertion abort and causing the application to crash.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-52718 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package gst-plugins-bad1.0. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

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 none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52718 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gst-plugins-bad1.0

Timeline and source

Published on 15 June 2026 and last revised on 24 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
gstreamer.freedesktop.org (Report)
gitlab.freedesktop.org (Report)
gitlab.freedesktop.org (Report)
gitlab.freedesktop.org (Report)
gitlab.freedesktop.org (Report)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-15
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

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

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