USN-8778-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability

Publication date

17 September 2026

Overview

GStreamer Good Plugins could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not limit the size of
reassembly buffers when processing fragmented RTP packets. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GStreamer Good Plugins to
use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not limit the size of
reassembly buffers when processing fragmented RTP packets. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GStreamer Good Plugins to
use excessive resources, leading to 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
26.04 LTS resolute gstreamer1.0-gtk3 –  1.28.2-2ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.28.2-2ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-qt5 –  1.28.2-2ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-qt6 –  1.28.2-2ubuntu0.2
24.04 LTS noble gstreamer1.0-gtk3 –  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.6
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.6
gstreamer1.0-qt5 –  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.6
gstreamer1.0-qt6 –  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.6
libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 –  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.6
22.04 LTS jammy gstreamer1.0-gtk3 –  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.8
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.8
gstreamer1.0-qt5 –  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.8
libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 –  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.8
20.04 LTS focal gstreamer1.0-gtk3 –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm2  
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm2  
gstreamer1.0-qt5 –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm2  
libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 –  1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm2  
18.04 LTS bionic gstreamer1.0-gtk3 –  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2  
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2  
gstreamer1.0-qt5 –  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2  
libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 –  1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2  
16.04 LTS xenial gstreamer1.0-plugins-good –  1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm2  
libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 –  1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm2  

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