CVE-2026-12892 PUBLISHED

Gstreamer1-plugins-bad: gstreamer1-plugins-bad: 1-byte heap out-of-bounds read in h.264 nal extension slice parser

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 22.06.2026 Published: 23.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

A flaw was found in GStreamer's gst-plugins-bad package. When processing a specially crafted H.264 video file containing malformed MVC or SVC extension slice NAL units, a 1-byte heap out-of-bounds read can occur during parsing. This happens when the parser attempts to check slice boundary information without first verifying that the NAL unit contains enough data beyond the extension header. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a malicious H.264 video file, potentially causing the application to crash or leak a single byte of heap memory.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 4.4

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

No mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat Product Security's standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability.

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Ariba Afroz (CoE-CNDS Lab, VJTI, Mumbai, India), Dr. Faruk Kazi (CoE-CNDS Lab, VJTI, Mumbai, India), and Ramesh Adhikari (CoE-CNDS Lab, VJTI, Mumbai, India) for reporting this issue.

References

Problem Types

  • Out-of-bounds Read CWE