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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS GStreamer Good Plugins Critical DoS CVE-2025-47219

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
GStreamer Good Plugins in Ubuntu could cause a crash if exploited with a crafted file, affecting login security.
GStreamer Good Plugins could be made to crash as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

GStreamer Good Plugins could be made to crash as your login if it opened a

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- gst-plugins-good1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

Shaun Mirani discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled

certain malformed media files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

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

disclose sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu GStreamer plugin

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-gtk3               1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio         1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gstreamer1.0-qt5                1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-gtk3               1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio         1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gstreamer1.0-qt5                1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7837-1

CVE-2025-47219

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7837-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu GStreamer plugin

Package Information

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