# CVE-2026-73434: Gstreamer1-plugins-good: gstreamer: out-of-bounds read in avidemux vprp video field descriptor parsing

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.28.6
- Published: 2026-08-12 · Updated: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- gst-plugins-good: fixed in 1.28.6
- gstreamer1-plugins-good: version range not reported
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## Description

A flaw was found in GStreamer gst-plugins-good (avidemux). In gst_avi_demux_riff_parse_vprp(), the number of available gst_riff_vprp_video_field_desc entries is calculated by dividing the remaining buffer size by the attacker-controlled vprp->fields value, rather than by sizeof(gst_riff_vprp_video_field_desc). This can cause the parser to treat more field descriptors as available than fit in the input buffer, resulting in out-of-bounds reads. Processing a crafted AVI via playbin/decodebin can crash the application (denial of service). Fixed upstream in gst-plugins-good 1.28.6 (GStreamer-SA-2026-0072).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gst-plugins-good, gstreamer1-plugins-good, upgrade to a fixed version (1.28.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55434
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55436
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56966
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68642
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68645
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69232
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70264
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70584
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70803
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73434
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514807
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/12231
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0072.html

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