Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-86476

Gstreamer1-plugins-base: gst-plugins-base: heap buffer overflow via unvalidated gstvideometa plane extents in gst_video_frame_map_id and video_meta_deserialize

publishedCWE-787

A flaw was found in gst-plugins-base. A heap buffer overflow can be triggered when processing video buffers whose attached GstVideoMeta metadata declares plane strides and offsets that exceed the actual backing memory allocation. The metadata is not range-checked during deserialization, and the video frame mapping code does not verify that the declared plane geometry fits within the buffer before allowing consumers to read or write video data. A local attacker who controls the sending side of a GStreamer inter-process IPC pipeline can deliver a crafted buffer carrying fabricated strides, causing the receiving process to read or write beyond heap boundaries. Successful exploitation can cause a denial of service or potentially allow code execution within the affected process.

Technical severity8.4 highCVSS 3.1 · CNA: redhat
Published2026-10-14Source updated 2026-11-04
Collected2026-11-052 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

Workaround

If inter-process video sharing via unixfd is not required, build or deploy GStreamer without the unixfd plugin (for example meson option -Dgst-plugins-bad:unixfd=disabled, or omit libgstunixfd.so from the GStreamer plugin directory). Upstream confirms this is the only practical mitigation for the cross-process attack path and notes the unixfd plugin is not currently used by Red Hat-packaged or major distribution software. Operational policy to avoid connecting receiver pipelines to Unix socket endpoints controlled by untrusted local processes provides equivalent protection without rebuilding. This does not address the underlying validation gap in libgstvideo when attacker-controlled GstVideoMeta is supplied in-process.

Source: CNA: redhat

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat
gstreamer1-plugins-base
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat
gstreamer-plugins-base
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat
gstreamer1-plugins-base
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat
gstreamer-plugins-base
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat
gstreamer1-plugins-base
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat
gstreamer1-plugins-base
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Range not reported
Other versions: affected
CNA: redhat

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 8.4
high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCNA: redhat

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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