CVE-2026-18298
CVE-2026-18298: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityHigh7.8
High [CVE-2026-18298] Remote code execution via heap-based buffer overflow in PNG file parsing
CVE-2026-18298Source published Source updated
GStreamer PNG File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PNG files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-29581. A flaw was found in GStreamer. Successful exploitation requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious PNG file or visiting a specially crafted web…
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
4 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.26.7-2.el10_2.7
- gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.24.11-1.el10_0.7
- gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.16.1-7.el8_10.7
- gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.22.12-7.el9_8.8
10 more entries in the full advisory.
- Mitigation guidance
- To reduce the risk of exploitation, users should avoid opening or processing untrusted PNG files from unknown or suspicious sources. This operational control is crucial as the vulnerability requires user interaction to trigger the heap-based buffer overflow.
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