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Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04: GStreamer Critical Security Flaws USN-7807-1

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Calendar Grey October 7, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A security advisory detailing multiple critical issues in GStreamer Base Plugins for Ubuntu. Immediate updates are recommended.
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Base Plugins.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Base Plugins. Software Description: - gst-plugins-base1.0: GStreamer plugins Details: Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle certain integer operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37327, CVE-2024-4453) Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-37328) Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-47538) Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly hand...

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security advisory denial of service critical arbitrary code execution Ubuntu GStreamer

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7807-1

CVE-2023-37327, CVE-2023-37328, CVE-2024-4453, CVE-2024-47538,

CVE-2024-47541, CVE-2024-47542, CVE-2024-47600, CVE-2024-47607,

CVE-2024-47615, CVE-2024-47835

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7807-1

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