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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-26797

Mediainfo before version 20.08 has a heap buffer overflow vulnerability via MediaInfoLib::File_Gxf::ChooseParser_ChannelGrouping.

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CVE-2020-26797
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1 Nov 2026, 08:11 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-26797

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Mar 2021, 20:15 UTC

Mediainfo before version 20.08 has a heap buffer overflow vulnerability via MediaInfoLib::File_Gxf::ChooseParser_ChannelGrouping.

osv:CVE-2020-26797
Complete source record
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