# CVE-2025-59383: Media Streaming Add-on

> Remote attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in the Media Streaming Add-on to modify memory or crash processes, requiring an upgrade to the latest version.

- **Severity:** Low 2.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wcjp-8x52-3x95

## What is CVE-2025-59383?

CVE-2025-59383 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. Media Streaming Add-on, published on 20 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported to affect Media Streaming Add-On. The remote attackers can then exploit the vulnerability to modify memory or crash processes.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:
Media Streaming Add-on 500.1.1 and later

Weakness: CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59383?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap Media Streaming Add-On.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-59383?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59383 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59383 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in QNAP Systems Inc. Media Streaming Add-on

- [CVE-2020-36195](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36195/): SQL Injection Vulnerability in Multimedia Console and the Media Streaming Add-On (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7640/): Command injection in QNAP Media Streaming Add-On (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47222/): Media Streaming add-on (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-23369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23369/): QTS, Multimedia Console, and Media Streaming add-on (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2017-7641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7641/): Cross-site request forgery in QNAP Media Streaming Add-On (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59383 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59383 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. Media Streaming Add-on, published on 20 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: QNAP Systems Inc. Media Streaming Add-on. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59383/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59383/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59383
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59383
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59383

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59383/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.