CVE-2026-14801 GPAC TeXML File load_text.c txtin_probe_duration divide by zero
A local attacker can cause a denial of service via divide by zero in GPAC's TeXML file handler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14801?
CVE-2026-14801 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in GPAC, published on 6 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A security vulnerability has been detected in GPAC 26.03-DEV-rev342-g80071f700-master. The impacted element is the function txtin_probe_duration of the file src/filters/load_text.c of the component TeXML File Handler. Such manipulation of the argument txml_timescale leads to divide by zero. An attack has to be approached locally. The name of the patch is 86a5191f2e750c767253e27ed6cfd6d547afebc2. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14801?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14801?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-14801 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14801 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-14801, GHSA-7xpm-q9mm-p5qh, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14801.