Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-90609GPAC MP4Box vrml_tools.c null pointer dereference
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity null pointer dereference 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 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in GPAC up to f1219cde. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file scenegraph/vrml_tools.c of the component MP4Box. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version abi-16.23 is sufficient to resolve this issue. The name of the patch is 49dee5cad329cfed310c1682703df7daa47df31a. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476, 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-403191 | GPAC MP4Box vrml_tools.c null pointer dereference vdb-entry
- VDB-403191 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-90609 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #913514 | GPAC up to commit f1219cde (2026-07-25) Memory Corruption third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/3818 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/r1ck9-2q/cve_summit/blob/main/Vuln-GPAC-MP4Box-NULL-Pointer-Dereference-in-gf_node_set_cyclic_traverse_flag.md exploit
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/49dee5cad329cfed310c1682703df7daa47df31a patch
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/releases/tag/abi-16.23 patch
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/ product