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CVE-2026-85150

Gstreamer1-plugins-base: gstreamer: null/invalid-pointer dereference in gst_rtsp_message_parse_auth_credentials() when parsing a crafted digest authorization/www-authenticate header

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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in GStreamer's RTSP support library. The vulnerability occurs while parsing an Authorization or WWW-Authenticate header that uses Digest authentication. Specially crafted whitespace placement around a parameter's terminator can cause an internal length calculation to underflow, leading to a crash of the process parsing the header. On an RTSP server this can be triggered by a remote, unauthenticated attacker sending a single malformed request when the server has authentication enabled; the same flaw can also be triggered against an RTSP client by a malicious or compromised RTSP server. Successful exploitation results in a denial of service (application crash) and has no confirmed impact on confidentiality or integrity.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • gstreamer1-plugins-base

    Version range not reported

  • gstreamer1-plugins-base

    Version range not reported

  • gstreamer1-plugins-base

    Version range not reported

  • gstreamer1-plugins-base

    Version range not reported

References 7

access.redhat.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

gitlab.freedesktop.org