Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-9572GPAC MP4Box media.c Media_GetSample memory leak
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity memory leak 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 security vulnerability has been detected in GPAC up to 2.4.0. Affected by this issue is the function Media_GetSample of the file src/isomedia/media.c of the component MP4Box. Such manipulation of the argument cat leads to memory leak. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The name of the patch is e79c5cbe8b3fed27f4854ec229457d30c96206f1. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-401, 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-365631 | GPAC MP4Box media.c Media_GetSample memory leak vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-365631 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #817137 | GPAC MP4Box <= 2.4.0 (master commit 525bf1a and earlier) Memory leak (Denial of Service) third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/3557 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/27270415/poc.zip exploit
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/commit/e79c5cbe8b3fed27f4854ec229457d30c96206f1 patch
- https://github.com/gpac/gpac/ product