USN-7558-1: GStreamer Bad Plugins vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 June 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that the AV1 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made
to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-50186, CVE-2024-0444)

It was discovered that the H265 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made
to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-3887)

It was discovered that the AV1 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made
to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-50186, CVE-2024-0444)

It was discovered that the H265 codec plugin in GStreamer could be made
to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause applications using the plugin to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-3887)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad –  1.26.0-1ubuntu2.1
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 –  1.26.0-1ubuntu2.1
24.10 oracular gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad –  1.24.8-2ubuntu1.1
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 –  1.24.8-2ubuntu1.1
24.04 noble gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad –  1.24.2-1ubuntu4+esm1  
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 –  1.24.2-1ubuntu4+esm1  
22.04 jammy gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad –  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm2  
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 –  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm2  
20.04 focal gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm1  
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm1  

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