CVE-2026-105251: Out-of-Bounds Read in vgmstream
Description
A vulnerability was detected in vgmstream up to r2117. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ps_find_padding of the file src/coding/psx_decoder.c of the component VAG File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The patch is named 4b8316652a30d40f99ad43310bed273fd1f8a7a3. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
vgmstream
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-105251 in vgmstream up to version r2117 resides in the ps_find_padding function of the VAG File Handler component. It allows an attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read condition remotely by manipulating input data. This flaw could potentially lead to information disclosure or application instability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.3, indicating medium severity. A patch has been committed to fix this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to information disclosure or cause the application to behave unexpectedly or crash. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without privileges or user interaction, but the impact is limited to low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts as per the CVSS vector.
Mitigation Recommendations
A patch identified by commit 4b8316652a30d40f99ad43310bed273fd1f8a7a3 is available and should be applied to vgmstream version r2117 to remediate this vulnerability. Users should update to the patched version to mitigate the risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-04T17:37:18.099Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ac360f72cdf04f656dd42be
Added to database: 10/05/2026, 08:33:59 UTC
Last enriched: 10/05/2026, 08:48:27 UTC
Last updated: 10/05/2026, 18:56:34 UTC
Views: 16
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