Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-9567GPAC MP4Box isom_intern.c MergeFragment 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 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A security flaw has been discovered in GPAC up to 2.4.0. Affected is the function MergeFragment of the file src/isomedia/isom_intern.c of the component MP4Box. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is identified as 525bf1af642c30af04e4df5345e6d798c0a4d8a1. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
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-365629 | GPAC MP4Box isom_intern.c MergeFragment null pointer dereference vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-365629 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #816075 | GPAC MP4Box <= 2.4.0 (master commit 7508ccc and earlier) Null pointer dereference (Denial of Service) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/3549 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/27196918/poc.zip exploit
- https://github.com/makesoftwaresafe/gpac/commit/525bf1af642c30af04e4df5345e6d798c0a4d8a1 patch
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/ product