01 Record
CVE-2026-121625
GNU Gatekeeper before 5.16 Out-of-Bounds Read via RTCP SDES Parsing
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
GNU Gatekeeper before 5.16 Out-of-Bounds Read via RTCP SDES Parsing
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- Not scored by EPSS
- EPSS percentile
- Not scored by EPSS
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Not recorded
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-11-03 17:13Z1 HR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-11-03 17:24Z1 HR AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- e36883082d9a537b323ac4be5bafc67e44fc70f9a62087532a72039041e0483b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comPatch Commithttps://github.com/willamowius/gnugk/commit/e8939d03b0b2ef46e356f3144a6ee14f2920b777
- github.comgnugk v5_16 Release Noteshttps://github.com/willamowius/gnugk/releases/tag/v5_16
- github.comhttps://github.com/willamowius/gnugk/blob/v5_15/ProxyChannel.cxx#L14867-L14895
- github.comhttps://github.com/willamowius/gnugk
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: GNU Gatekeeper before 5.16 Out-of-Bounds Read via RTCP SDES Parsinghttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gnu-gatekeeper-before-5.16-out-of-bounds-read-via-rtcp-sdes-parsing