USN-8205-1: GStreamer Bad Plugins vulnerabilities

Publication date

23 April 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that multiple plugins in GStreamer contained arithmetic
overflows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications
using the plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475,
CVE-2023-40476)

It was discovered that the MXF demuxer plugin in GStreamer did not
properly manage memory. 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-2023-44446)

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...

It was discovered that multiple plugins in GStreamer contained arithmetic
overflows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications
using the plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-37329, CVE-2023-40474, CVE-2023-40475,
CVE-2023-40476)

It was discovered that the MXF demuxer plugin in GStreamer did not
properly manage memory. 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-2023-44446)

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)


Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 LTS bionic gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad –  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1  
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 –  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad –  1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1  
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 –  1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1  

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