UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119842

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119842

    Published: 30 Oct 2026Last Modified: 5 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2026-119842

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-119842, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119842, https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2026-0019.html, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/11238, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-119842, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2564183, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/11238.patch

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gst-plugins-base1.0

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gst-plugins-base1.0?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.0-1ubuntu1
    1.6.1-1ubuntu1
    1.6.2-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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