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Ubuntu 25.04: GStreamer Critical Denial of Service Vulnerability USN-7716-1

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Calendar Grey August 26, 2025
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Crucial security patches released for GStreamer Base Plugins on Ubuntu. Act promptly to protect your system!
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Base Plugins.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Base Plugins.

Software Description:

- gst-plugins-base1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

Shaun Mirani discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled

certain malformed media files. An attacker could use these issues to cause

GStreamer Base Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu update instructions GStreamer

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 25.04
  gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1
  gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1
  gstreamer1.0-x                  1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1
  libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.24.2-1ubuntu0.3
  gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.24.2-1ubuntu0.3
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.24.2-1ubuntu0.3
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.3
  gstreamer1.0-x                  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.3
  libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.24.2-1ubuntu0.3
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.24.2-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-alsa               1.20.1-1ubuntu0.5
  gstreamer1.0-gl                 1.20.1-1ubuntu0.5
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.20.1-1ubuntu0.5
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.5
  gstreamer1.0-x                  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.5
  libgstreamer-gl1.0-0            1.20.1-1ubuntu0.5
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.20.1-1ubuntu0.5

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7716-1

CVE-2025-47806, CVE-2025-47807, CVE-2025-47808

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7716-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu update instructions GStreamer

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.24.2-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-base1.0/1.20.1-1ubuntu0.5

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