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Ubuntu: 7558-1 critical: GStreamer Bad Plugins DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Explore the latest security updates for GStreamer Bad Plugins impacting various versions of Ubuntu.
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins.

Software Description:

- gst-plugins-bad1.0: GStreamer plugins

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)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu gstreamer AV1 codec H265 codec

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 25.04
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad        1.26.0-1ubuntu2.1
   libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0   1.26.0-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 24.10
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad        1.24.8-2ubuntu1.1
   libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0   1.24.8-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad        1.24.2-1ubuntu4+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0   1.24.2-1ubuntu4+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad        1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0   1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad        1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0   1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7558-1

  CVE-2023-50186, CVE-2024-0444, CVE-2025-3887

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7558-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu gstreamer AV1 codec H265 codec

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-bad1.0/1.26.0-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-bad1.0/1.24.8-2ubuntu1.1

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