A flaw was found in GStreamer's gst-plugins-base MicroDVD subtitle parser. When processing a specially crafted subtitle file, the parser may dereference a NULL pointer, causing the application to crash when a user opens or plays media with a malformed MicroDVD (.sub) subtitle file.

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Avoid untrusted MicroDVD (.sub) subtitle files; disable automatic subtitle loading if supported.

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Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat enterprise Linux
Vendors & Products Red Hat
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Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in GStreamer's gst-plugins-base MicroDVD subtitle parser. When processing a specially crafted subtitle file, the parser may dereference a NULL pointer, causing the application to crash when a user opens or plays media with a malformed MicroDVD (.sub) subtitle file.
Title Gst-plugins-base: gst-plugins-base: null-pointer dereference in mdvdsub subtitle parser via missing closing-brace check
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T18:51:12.598Z

Reserved: 2026-10-30T16:38:32.566Z

Link: CVE-2026-119842

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-30T19:18:22.293

Modified: 2026-10-30T19:18:22.403

Link: CVE-2026-119842

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Updated: 2026-10-30T20:15:16Z

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