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title: "CVE-2022-1925\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2022-1925

Publication date 19 July 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1925?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

DOS / potential heap overwrite in mkv demuxing using HEADERSTRIP
decompression. Integer overflow in matroskaparse element in
gst\_matroska\_decompress\_data function which causes a heap overflow. Due to
restrictions on chunk sizes in the matroskademux element, the overflow
can't be triggered, however the matroskaparse element has no size checks.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1925?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gst-plugins-good1.0 | 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1.20.3-0ubuntu1 |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1925?format=md#patch-details)

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## Notes

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### [leosilva](https://launchpad.net/~leosilva)

same fix as CVE-2022-1922

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| gst-plugins-good1.0 | * Upstream:   [14d306d](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/commit/14d306da6da51a762c4dc701d161bb52ab66d774) * Usptream:   [ad60121](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/commit/ad6012159acf18c6b5c0f4edf037e8c9a2dbc966) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1925)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1925)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-1925)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1925)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-5555-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5555-1)
+ GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities
+ 8 August 2022

### Other references

* <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/1225>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1925>