CVE-2026-73433
What it is
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).
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.6 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-191
- Record status
- Undergoing Analysis
Affected
- Gstreamer ≤ 1.28.6
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 10.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.6
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
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Fix and advisories
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55434
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55436
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56966
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68642
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68645
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69232
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70264
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70584
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70803
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73433
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514801
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/12231
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0072.html