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CVE-2026-73433: GStreamer gst-plugins-good · Integer Underflow

Affects GStreamer gst-plugins-goodSource CVE Database V5

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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

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
GStreamergst-plugins-goodAffected
  • <1.28.6
Fixed in
  • 1.28.6

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).

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