TALOSBLOG 7.8 HIGH

MediaArea heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities_TALOSBLOG:3CE3EFD6D6C12FCADA2BE088C9F13B22

7.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Cisco Talos' Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed four vulnerabilities in MediaArea MediaInfoLib library.

The vulnerabilities mentioned in this blog post have been patched by their respective vendor, in adherence to _Cisco 's third-party vulnerability disclosure policy_.

For Snort coverage that can detect the exploitation of these vulnerabilities, download the latest rule sets from _Snort.org_, and our latest Vulnerability Advisories are always posted on _Talos Intelligence 's website_.

## **MediaArea vulnerabilities**

_Discovered by Dimitrios Tatsis of Cisco Talos._

MediaArea produces digital media analysis open-source software, as well as support tools for file investigation. MediaInfoLib provides a UI for technical and tag data for video and audio media files. Talos discovered four vulnerabilities in MediaInfoLib.

_TALOS-2026-2367_ (CVE-2026-25104), _TALOS-2026-2368_ (CVE-2026-25713), _TALOS-2026-2371_ (CVE-2026-28764), and _TALOS-2026-2374_ (CVE-2026-22554) are heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities in various functionalities of MediaInfoLib (version(s): 26.01). All can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.
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ID TALOSBLOG:3CE3EFD6D6C12FCADA2BE088C9F13B22
Published May 27, 2026 at 14:00

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