USN-7827-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

Publication date

20 October 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Base Plugins.


Packages

Details

Shaun Mirani discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly
handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service.

Shaun Mirani discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins did not correctly
handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service.

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
20.04 LTS focal libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1  
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.4+esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 –  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2  
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev –  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2  
16.04 LTS xenial libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 –  1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3+esm3  
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev –  1.8.3-1ubuntu0.3+esm3  

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