What is CVE-2026-119842?

CVE-2026-119842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2026-119842?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-119842

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.

Published 2026-10-30 · last modified 2026-10-30.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-119842?: CVE-2026-119842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2026-119842?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.