Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2026 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2026-73433Gstreamer1-plugins-good: gstreamer: unsigned integer underflow in avidemux fujifilm strd parsing leading to out-of-bounds read/write
Medium 6.6
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in gst-plugins-good from GStreamer. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A flaw was found in GStreamer gst-plugins-good (avidemux). When parsing FUJIFILM metadata in an AVI strd chunk, gst_avi_demux_parse_strd() decrements a remaining-length counter by fixed offsets (98 and 10 bytes) without verifying sufficient data remains. For crafted strd payloads of exactly 106 or 107 bytes, the counter underflows to a very large unsigned value, causing subsequent null-terminated string scanning to read far beyond the allocated heap buffer. Date-format normalization may also write beyond the buffer end. Confirmed impacts include heap out-of-bounds read, out-of-bounds write, heap information disclosure (adjacent data appearing in parsed metadata), and application crash/denial of service. The avidemux element is auto-plugged by playbin, decodebin, and gst-discoverer, so opening or previewing a crafted AVI is sufficient to trigger the issue. Fixed upstream in gst-plugins-good 1.28.6 (GStreamer-SA-2026-0072).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 1.26.7-2.el10_2.5 | ALSA-2026:55434 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 1.16.1-7.el8_10.3 | ALSA-2026:56966 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 1.22.12-7.el9_8.4 | ALSA-2026:55436 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk | 1.26.7-2.el10_2.5 | ALSA-2026:55434 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk | 1.16.1-7.el8_10.3 | ALSA-2026:56966 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk | 1.22.12-7.el9_8.4 | ALSA-2026:55436 |
| Debian:12 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.22.0-5+deb12u4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73433 |
| Debian:13 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73433 |
| Debian:14 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.28.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73433 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 0:1.26.7-2.el10_2.5 | RLSA-2026:55434 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 0:1.16.1-7.el8_10.3 | RLSA-2026:56966 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 0:1.22.12-7.el9_8.4 | RLSA-2026:55436 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.10 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73433 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.10 | USN-8863-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8 | USN-8863-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73433 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.28.2-2ubuntu0.4 | USN-8863-1 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.28.2-2ubuntu0.4 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73433 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-191 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
References
- RHSA-2026:55434 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:55436 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:56966 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:65959 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:68642 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:68644 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:68645 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:69232 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:70264 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:70584 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:70803 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73433 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2514801 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/12231
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0072.html