Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-28764 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-28764 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-28764?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 21 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- MediaArea MediaInfoLib.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-28764?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-28764 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-28764?
- Check whether you run MediaArea MediaInfoLib. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in MediaArea MediaInfoLib due to improper validation of LXF elements during file parsing. The flaw is categorized as a 'Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset' (CWE-823), where the library fails to properly bound-check data when processing LXF files. An attacker can exploit this by providing a malformed LXF file to an application using the library. Successful exploitation requires a user to open the malicious file (User Interaction) and can result in arbitrary code execution or a denial-of-service condition. The vulnerability was identified by Cisco Talos and assigned CVE-2026-28764.
Affected products
- MediaArea MediaInfoLib
Timeline
- 2026-05-21: advisory: NVD and Talos published the vulnerability details.