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CVE-2026-52718

Gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: gstreamer: denial of service via av1 tile_list_obu parser byte/bit confusion

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None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability was found in GStreamer's AV1 codec parser in gst-plugins-bad. The gst_av1_parser_parse_tile_list_obu() function passes a byte count to a bit-reader API that expects a bit count, causing parser desynchronization. A remote attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted AV1 media file, triggering an assertion abort and causing the application to crash.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free

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  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

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References 9

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bugzilla.redhat.com

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