Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. These include denial of service, out-of-bounds read, heap buffer overflow, and signed integer overflow issues affecting various decoders and components within GStreamer. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these vulnerabilities.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package for GStreamer contains four security vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-52718 (denial of service via AV1 tile_list_obu parser byte/bit confusion), CVE-2026-52719 (out-of-bounds read via JPEG segment length validation in VA decoder), CVE-2026-52720 (heap buffer overflow via crafted VNC server rectangle in librfb), and CVE-2026-52722 (signed integer overflow in VMnc decoder cursor payload handling). These issues affect the media processing components of GStreamer and can lead to crashes or memory corruption. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to remediate these vulnerabilities as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:36834.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause denial of service conditions or memory corruption in applications using the affected GStreamer plugins. This may result in application crashes or potentially more severe impacts depending on the context of use. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update described in advisory RHSA-2026:36834 promptly. For update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. These include denial of service, out-of-bounds read, heap buffer overflow, and signed integer overflow issues affecting various decoders and components within GStreamer. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these vulnerabilities.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
The gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package for GStreamer contains four security vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-52718 (denial of service via AV1 tile_list_obu parser byte/bit confusion), CVE-2026-52719 (out-of-bounds read via JPEG segment length validation in VA decoder), CVE-2026-52720 (heap buffer overflow via crafted VNC server rectangle in librfb), and CVE-2026-52722 (signed integer overflow in VMnc decoder cursor payload handling). These issues affect the media processing components of GStreamer and can lead to crashes or memory corruption. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to remediate these vulnerabilities as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:36834.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause denial of service conditions or memory corruption in applications using the affected GStreamer plugins. This may result in application crashes or potentially more severe impacts depending on the context of use. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update described in advisory RHSA-2026:36834 promptly. For update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:36834
- Cve Count
- 4
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-52719","CVE-2026-52720","CVE-2026-52722"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a4f6c1068715ace4315377e
Added to database: 07/09/2026, 09:38:24 UTC
Last enriched: 07/09/2026, 09:41:46 UTC
Last updated: 07/10/2026, 03:47:18 UTC
Views: 4
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