---
id: CVE-2026-73471
title: >-
  Gstreamer1-plugins-good: gstreamer: out-of-bounds read in avidemux nikon
  metadata tag parsing
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in GStreamer gst-plugins-good (avidemux). In the Nikon
  metadata tag parser, a pointer can be dereferenced without verifying that data
  remains in the buffer, causing out-of-bounds reads. Because avidemux is
  auto-plugged b…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-125
vendor: GStreamer
product: gst-plugins-good
affected:
  - gst-plugins-good < 1.28.6
published: '2026-11-06'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T06:32:22.307Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73471'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73471'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514821'
    label: RHBZ#2514821
  - url: 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/12231'
  - url: 'https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0072.html'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T06:46:27.262Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in GStreamer gst-plugins-good (avidemux). In the Nikon metadata tag parser, a pointer can be dereferenced without verifying that data remains in the buffer, causing out-of-bounds reads. Because avidemux is auto-plugged by playbin, decodebin, and gst-discoverer, opening or previewing a crafted AVI is sufficient to trigger the issue. Fixed upstream in gst-plugins-good 1.28.6 (GStreamer-SA-2026-0072).

## Affected

- `gst-plugins-good < 1.28.6`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.