Vulnerability · Published Jun 29, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-13523GPAC ISOBMFF base_encoding.c data amplification
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in GPAC. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A weakness has been identified in GPAC up to 26.02.0. This affects an unknown part of the file src/utils/base_encoding.c of the component ISOBMFF Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to highly compressed data. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called 297f2d8d1f493d8b241330533cd47f7da758aeb3. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The vendor confirms: "We added a check on inflate output size, if it surpasses 32 times the input size we stop in error. This value could be adjusted later."
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-409, CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-374531 | GPAC ISOBMFF base_encoding.c data amplification vdb-entry
- VDB-374531 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-13523 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #840159 | GPAC <= 26.02.0 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/3588 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/pull/3589 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/297f2d8d1f493d8b241330533cd47f7da758aeb3 patch
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/ product