Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-12891 · published 23 June 2026
CVE-2026-12891: Gstreamer out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Gstreamer · Gstreamer
A flaw was found in the GStreamer gst-plugins-bad package. When processing a malformed H.266/VVC video stream with a crafted aspect ratio indicator value, the H.266 parser performs an out-of-bounds read of up to 8 bytes from adjacent memory. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious H.266 video file or stream that, when processed by a GStreamer-based application, could leak limited memory contents through video metadata, potentially exposing sensitive information from the application's address space.
Description
A flaw was found in the GStreamer gst-plugins-bad package. When processing a malformed H.266/VVC video stream with a crafted aspect ratio indicator value, the H.266 parser performs an out-of-bounds read of up to 8 bytes from adjacent memory. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious H.266 video file or stream that, when processed by a GStreamer-based application, could leak limited memory contents through video metadata, potentially exposing sensitive information from the application's address space.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12891 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2491318 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/work_items/5109 | Not Applicable |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-12891), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-03). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.