CVE-2026-121626
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
GNU Gatekeeper (gnugk) before 5.16 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in H46024Socket::ReceivedProbePacket() that allows remote attackers to cause a heap over-read by sending short probe packets. Attackers can send a short application-defined RTCP packet to the media port during H.460.24 probing to read past the heap allocation and possibly crash the gatekeeper.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-03 18:17:58.623000
Last modified
2026-11-03 18:17:58.623000
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}
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