CWE-404
Allowed-with-ReviewImproper Resource Shutdown or Release
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
1219 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-88VX-23HW-HC33
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-18 09:30 – Updated: 2025-05-18 09:30A vulnerability was found in Tenda A15 15.13.07.13. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formArpNerworkSet of the file /goform/ArpNerworkSet. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-18T09:15:17Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability was found in Tenda A15 15.13.07.13. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formArpNerworkSet of the file /goform/ArpNerworkSet. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.",
"id": "GHSA-88vx-23hw-hc33",
"modified": "2025-05-18T09:30:30Z",
"published": "2025-05-18T09:30:30Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4867"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/xubeining/Cve_report/blob/main/Notification%20of%20Denial%20of%20Service%20Vulnerability%20in%20Tenda%20A15%20Router%20(Version%20V15.13.07.13)%20by%20Shenzhen%20Jixiang%20Tenda%20Technology.md"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.309409"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.309409"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.575501"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.tenda.com.cn"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-89FH-5C8Q-JJ65
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-19 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:57Configuration defects in the secure OS module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-48499"
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"CWE-404"
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-06-19T17:15:11Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Configuration defects in the secure OS module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.",
"id": "GHSA-89fh-5c8q-jj65",
"modified": "2024-04-04T04:57:45Z",
"published": "2023-06-19T18:30:48Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48499"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/6"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-89H3-QG46-3MW9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-08-05 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-11 00:00In BIG-IP Versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.1 and 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, when source-port preserve-strict is configured on an HTTP Message Routing Framework (MRF) virtual server, undisclosed traffic may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to produce a core file and the connection to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-08-04T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "In BIG-IP Versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.1 and 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, when source-port preserve-strict is configured on an HTTP Message Routing Framework (MRF) virtual server, undisclosed traffic may cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) to produce a core file and the connection to terminate. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.",
"id": "GHSA-89h3-qg46-3mw9",
"modified": "2022-08-11T00:00:31Z",
"published": "2022-08-05T00:00:24Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35272"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K90024104"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8CMG-37QM-WXHR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-03 00:31 – Updated: 2025-04-03 00:31A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WebAssembly wabt 1.0.36. Affected by this vulnerability is the function BinaryReaderInterp::BeginFunctionBody of the file src/interp/binary-reader-interp.cc. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-3122"
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"CWE-476"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-02T22:15:21Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WebAssembly wabt 1.0.36. Affected by this vulnerability is the function BinaryReaderInterp::BeginFunctionBody of the file src/interp/binary-reader-interp.cc. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.",
"id": "GHSA-8cmg-37qm-wxhr",
"modified": "2025-04-03T00:31:32Z",
"published": "2025-04-03T00:31:32Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3122"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/issues/2565"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/issues/2565#issue-2927572319"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.303013"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.303013"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.525091"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
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GHSA-8CW2-HW77-MRMJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-23 00:30 – Updated: 2025-06-23 00:30A vulnerability was found in HTACG tidy-html5 5.8.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function InsertNodeAsParent of the file src/parser.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-23T00:15:23Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in HTACG tidy-html5 5.8.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function InsertNodeAsParent of the file src/parser.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.",
"id": "GHSA-8cw2-hw77-mrmj",
"modified": "2025-06-23T00:30:19Z",
"published": "2025-06-23T00:30:19Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6496"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/issues/1141"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19652942/tidy-html5_crash.txt"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.313612"
},
{
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.313612"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.601007"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
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GHSA-8F64-5GVC-RWM8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-30 15:30 – Updated: 2024-11-30 15:30A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Tenda FH451, FH1201, FH1202 and FH1206 up to 20241129. Affected by this vulnerability is the function websReadEvent of the file /goform/GetIPTV. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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"CWE-476"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-30T13:15:04Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Tenda FH451, FH1201, FH1202 and FH1206 up to 20241129. Affected by this vulnerability is the function websReadEvent of the file /goform/GetIPTV. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.",
"id": "GHSA-8f64-5gvc-rwm8",
"modified": "2024-11-30T15:30:42Z",
"published": "2024-11-30T15:30:42Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12002"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Kalvin2077/tenda-fh-cve"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.286417"
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{
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.286417"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.453974"
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{
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"url": "https://www.tenda.com.cn"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
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GHSA-8FHJ-F9WW-465C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-18 09:30 – Updated: 2023-03-01 18:30A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in cxasm notepad-- 1.22. This affects an unknown part of the component Directory Comparison Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack needs to be approached locally. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221475.
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"CVE-2023-0909"
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-02-18T09:15:00Z",
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"details": "A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in cxasm notepad-- 1.22. This affects an unknown part of the component Directory Comparison Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack needs to be approached locally. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221475.",
"id": "GHSA-8fhj-f9ww-465c",
"modified": "2023-03-01T18:30:59Z",
"published": "2023-02-18T09:30:16Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0909"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitee.com/cxasm/notepad--/issues/I6C80Z"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221475"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.221475"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-8FPG-65FW-RJMF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-29 12:31 – Updated: 2025-06-29 12:31A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function H5C__flush_single_entry of the file src/H5Centry.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-29T11:15:24Z",
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in HDF5 1.14.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function H5C__flush_single_entry of the file src/H5Centry.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.",
"id": "GHSA-8fpg-65fw-rjmf",
"modified": "2025-06-29T12:31:06Z",
"published": "2025-06-29T12:31:06Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6858"
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"url": "https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues/5576"
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"url": "https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623475/hdf5_crash_8.txt"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314330"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.314330"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.602530"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
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GHSA-8GQC-W5G5-J344
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-28 15:31 – Updated: 2026-02-23 09:31A security flaw has been discovered in Open5GS up to 2.7.6. This affects the function sgwc_s5c_handle_bearer_resource_failure_indication of the file src/sgwc/s5c-handler.c of the component SGWC. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is named 69b53add90a9479d7960b822fc60601d659c328b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-28T15:16:17Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A security flaw has been discovered in Open5GS up to 2.7.6. This affects the function sgwc_s5c_handle_bearer_resource_failure_indication of the file src/sgwc/s5c-handler.c of the component SGWC. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is named 69b53add90a9479d7960b822fc60601d659c328b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.",
"id": "GHSA-8gqc-w5g5-j344",
"modified": "2026-02-23T09:31:22Z",
"published": "2026-01-28T15:31:31Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1521"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4268"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4268#event-21989483261"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4268#issue-3795012861"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.343192"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.343192"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.738370"
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]
}
GHSA-8H6C-5QR8-7WVP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-26 18:31 – Updated: 2026-05-26 18:31A 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.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-26T18:16:58Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "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.",
"id": "GHSA-8h6c-5qr8-7wvp",
"modified": "2026-05-26T18:31:51Z",
"published": "2026-05-26T18:31:51Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9567"
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"url": "https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/3549"
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"url": "https://github.com/makesoftwaresafe/gpac/commit/525bf1af642c30af04e4df5345e6d798c0a4d8a1"
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"url": "https://github.com/gpac/gpac"
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Mitigation MIT-3
Strategy: Language Selection
- Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.
Mitigation
It is good practice to be responsible for freeing all resources you allocate and to be consistent with how and where you free memory in a function. If you allocate memory that you intend to free upon completion of the function, you must be sure to free the memory at all exit points for that function including error conditions.
Mitigation
Memory should be allocated/freed using matching functions such as malloc/free, new/delete, and new[]/delete[].
Mitigation
When releasing a complex object or structure, ensure that you properly dispose of all of its member components, not just the object itself.
CAPEC-125: Flooding
An adversary consumes the resources of a target by rapidly engaging in a large number of interactions with the target. This type of attack generally exposes a weakness in rate limiting or flow. When successful this attack prevents legitimate users from accessing the service and can cause the target to crash. This attack differs from resource depletion through leaks or allocations in that the latter attacks do not rely on the volume of requests made to the target but instead focus on manipulation of the target's operations. The key factor in a flooding attack is the number of requests the adversary can make in a given period of time. The greater this number, the more likely an attack is to succeed against a given target.
CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation
An adversary causes the target to allocate excessive resources to servicing the attackers' request, thereby reducing the resources available for legitimate services and degrading or denying services. Usually, this attack focuses on memory allocation, but any finite resource on the target could be the attacked, including bandwidth, processing cycles, or other resources. This attack does not attempt to force this allocation through a large number of requests (that would be Resource Depletion through Flooding) but instead uses one or a small number of requests that are carefully formatted to force the target to allocate excessive resources to service this request(s). Often this attack takes advantage of a bug in the target to cause the target to allocate resources vastly beyond what would be needed for a normal request.
CAPEC-131: Resource Leak Exposure
An adversary utilizes a resource leak on the target to deplete the quantity of the resource available to service legitimate requests.
CAPEC-494: TCP Fragmentation
An adversary may execute a TCP Fragmentation attack against a target with the intention of avoiding filtering rules of network controls, by attempting to fragment the TCP packet such that the headers flag field is pushed into the second fragment which typically is not filtered.
CAPEC-495: UDP Fragmentation
An attacker may execute a UDP Fragmentation attack against a target server in an attempt to consume resources such as bandwidth and CPU. IP fragmentation occurs when an IP datagram is larger than the MTU of the route the datagram has to traverse. Typically the attacker will use large UDP packets over 1500 bytes of data which forces fragmentation as ethernet MTU is 1500 bytes. This attack is a variation on a typical UDP flood but it enables more network bandwidth to be consumed with fewer packets. Additionally it has the potential to consume server CPU resources and fill memory buffers associated with the processing and reassembling of fragmented packets.
CAPEC-496: ICMP Fragmentation
An attacker may execute a ICMP Fragmentation attack against a target with the intention of consuming resources or causing a crash. The attacker crafts a large number of identical fragmented IP packets containing a portion of a fragmented ICMP message. The attacker these sends these messages to a target host which causes the host to become non-responsive. Another vector may be sending a fragmented ICMP message to a target host with incorrect sizes in the header which causes the host to hang.
CAPEC-666: BlueSmacking
An adversary uses Bluetooth flooding to transfer large packets to Bluetooth enabled devices over the L2CAP protocol with the goal of creating a DoS. This attack must be carried out within close proximity to a Bluetooth enabled device.