CVE-2026-26203
published 2026-02-19CVE-2026-26203: PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library. Versions prior to 2.17 have a critical heap buffer underflow vulnerability in PJSIP's H.264…
PriorityP426medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSCCNINAH
EPSS
0.10%
1.1th percentile
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library. Versions prior to 2.17 have a critical heap buffer underflow vulnerability in PJSIP's H.264 packetizer. The bug occurs when processing malformed H.264 bitstreams without NAL unit start codes, where the packetizer performs unchecked pointer arithmetic that can read from memory located before the allocated buffer. Version 2.17 contains a patch for the issue.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pjsip | pjmedia-video | < 2.17 | 2.17 |
| pjsip | pjsip | < 2.17 | 2.17 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv4.05.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
osv5.1MEDIUM
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Wiz
CVE-2026-26203 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
blogs_wiz·CVSS 5.1
CVE-2026-26203 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-26203 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
## CVE-2026-26203 :
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library. Versions prior to 2.17 have a critical heap buffer underflow vulnerability in PJSIP's H.264 packetizer. The bug occurs when processing malformed H.264 bitstreams without NAL unit start codes, where the packetizer performs unchecked pointer arithmetic that can read from memory located before the allocated buffer. Version 2.17 contains a patch for the issue.
Source : NVD
## 5.1
Score
Published February 19, 2026
Severity MEDIUM
CNA Score 5.1
Affected Technologies
NixOS
Linux Ubuntu
Has Public Exploit No
Has CISA KEV Exploit No
CISA KEV Release Date N/A
CISA KEV Due Date N/A
Exploitation Probability Percentile (EPSS) 3.9
Exploitation Probability (
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-26203 pjproject: PJSIP: Denial of Service via malformed H.264 bitstream processing [fedora-42]
bugzilla·2026-02-19·CVSS 5.1
CVE-2026-26203 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-26203 pjproject: PJSIP: Denial of Service via malformed H.264 bitstream processing [fedora-42]
CVE-2026-26203 pjproject: PJSIP: Denial of Service via malformed H.264 bitstream processing [fedora-42]
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
Discussion:
This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 42 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 42 on 2026-05-13.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
'version' of '42'.
Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
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2026-02-19
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