# CVE-2026-121611: Gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: gst-plugins-bad: use of uninitialized gsth265hrdparams in gst\_h265\_parse\_vps() multi-hrd workaround loop

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-09 · Updated: 2026-11-09

CVE-2026-121611 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 6.5 (medium) and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 1 more; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The GStreamer multimedia framework's H.265 (HEVC) parser, in the gst-plugins-bad package, can be made to use uninitialized memory when a video parameter set declares more than one HRD parameter set. An attacker can reach it remotely, without logging in, by supplying a crafted H.265 file or stream that a victim opens, and the result is unpredictable parser behavior that may crash the application, causing denial of service.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: version range not reported
- gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: version range not reported
- gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: version range not reported
- gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in GStreamer's gst-plugins-bad package. A use of uninitialized memory vulnerability exists in the H.265 (HEVC) bitstream parser when processing Video Parameter Sets that declare more than one HRD (Hypothetical Reference Decoder) parameter set. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a crafted H.265 media file or stream that, when processed by an application using GStreamer, causes unpredictable parser behavior and may crash the application. This can lead to a denial of service for any application using GStreamer to play back H.265 content.

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-121611
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2565937
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/work_items/5332
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0094.html

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