USN-9038-1: GStreamer Good Plugins, GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

USN-9038-1: GStreamer Good Plugins, GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not properly handle certain network streams. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an application crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-3083, CVE-2026-3085) It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain Matroska files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an application crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39043) It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to make GStreamer Good Plugins crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39044) It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain MP4 audio tracks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an application crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-46470) It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain MP4 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to make GStreamer Good Plugins crash, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-46471) It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain WavPack audio files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an application crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-53705) It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins and GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled certain network streams. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-111183)

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