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Ubuntu GStreamer Good Plugins Important Denial of Service USN-8584-1

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
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Several security issues in GStreamer plugins were addressed, affecting multiple versions of Ubuntu. Update recommended for all users.
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Good Plugins.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Good Plugins.

Software Description:

- gst-plugins-good1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain

Matroska files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

GStreamer Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39043)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain

WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GStreamer

Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only

affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39044)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain

WavPack audio files. An attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer

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

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-53705)

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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 26.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.28.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.20.3-0ubuntu1.7
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.7

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8584-1

CVE-2026-39043, CVE-2026-39044, CVE-2026-53705

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8584-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu GStreamer plugin

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.28.2-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.20.3-0ubuntu1.7

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