Gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: stack buffer overflow in h.266/vvc parser

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    "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T17:59:41.041Z",
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      "title": "Gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: stack buffer overflow in h.266/vvc parser",
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          "value": "A flaw was found in GStreamer's gst-plugins-bad H.266/VVC parser. When processing a malformed H.266 media file or stream, an integer overflow while parsing profile, tier, and level fields can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could cause an application to crash and may be able to execute code in the context of the affected application."
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