1.3 KiB

Security Advisory 2025-0006 (CVE-2025-47806)

Summary Stack buffer overflow in SubRip subtitle parser
Date 2025-05-29 23:30
Affected Versions GStreamer gst-plugins-base < 1.26.2
IDs GStreamer-SA-2025-0006
CVE-2025-47806

Details

A stack buffer overflow in the SubRip subtitle parser that can cause crashes for certain input files.

Impact

It is possible for a malicious third party to trigger a stack buffer overflow that can result in a crash of the application.

Solution

The gst-plugins-base 1.26.2 release addresses the issue. People using older branches of GStreamer should apply the patch and recompile.

References

The GStreamer project

CVE Database Entries

GStreamer releases

1.26 (current stable)

Patches