USN-8535-1: PipeWire vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 July 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PipeWire.


Packages

  • pipewire - Low-latency, graph-based processing engine

Details

It was discovered that PipeWire accepted unbounded Content-Length values
in its RAOP module. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-14324)

It was discovered that PipeWire performed multiple unbounded stack
allocations in its PulseAudio protocol server. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-14330)

It was discovered that PipeWire accepted unbounded Content-Length values
in its RAOP module. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-14324)

It was discovered that PipeWire performed multiple unbounded stack
allocations in its PulseAudio protocol server. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-14330)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart pipewire to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:


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