USN-8584-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 July 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Good Plugins.


Packages

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)

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)


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:


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