CVE-2026-73433: GStreamer gst-plugins-good · Integer Underflow
Affects GStreamer gst-plugins-goodSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.6 Medium : upgrade to 1.28.6 when convenient.
Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.28.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade GStreamer gst-plugins-good to 1.28.6.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| GStreamergst-plugins-good | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
A fix is available upstream in gst-plugins-good version 1.28.6. Users and administrators should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since the vulnerability is triggered by opening or previewing crafted AVI files, avoiding untrusted AVI files until patched can reduce risk. There is no indication from the vendor advisory that any other mitigations or workarounds are available or necessary.
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).
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73433 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514801 (opens in a new tab)
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/12231 (opens in a new tab)
- gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0072.html (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55434 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55436 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56966 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65959 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68645 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68644 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68642 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69232 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70264 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70584 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70803 (opens in a new tab)