Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-8863-1

USN-8863-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 October 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Good Plugins.

Releases

26.04 LTS 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS

Packages

gst-plugins-good1.0 - GStreamer plugins

Details

Yazan Balawneh discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled
certain FLAC audio streams. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-17072)

Seonwook Kim discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly parsed
certain AVI files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-73433)

Seonwook Kim discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly parse
certain AVI files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2026-73434)

Seonwook Kim discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled
certain closed caption data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
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Yazan Balawneh discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled
certain FLAC audio streams. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-17072)

Seonwook Kim discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly parse
certain AVI files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2026-73434)

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 – 1.28.2-2ubuntu0.4
	gstreamer1.0-plugins-good – 1.28.2-2ubuntu0.4
	gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio – 1.28.2-2ubuntu0.4
	gstreamer1.0-qt5 – 1.28.2-2ubuntu0.4
	gstreamer1.0-qt6 – 1.28.2-2ubuntu0.4
24.04 LTS noble	gstreamer1.0-gtk3 – 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8
	gstreamer1.0-plugins-good – 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8
	gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio – 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8
	gstreamer1.0-qt5 – 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8
	gstreamer1.0-qt6 – 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 – 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev – 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.8
22.04 LTS jammy	gstreamer1.0-gtk3 – 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.10
	gstreamer1.0-plugins-good – 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.10
	gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio – 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.10
	gstreamer1.0-qt5 – 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.10
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 – 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.10
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev – 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.10
20.04 LTS focal	gstreamer1.0-gtk3 – 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm4
	gstreamer1.0-plugins-good – 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm4
	gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio – 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm4
	gstreamer1.0-qt5 – 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm4
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 – 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm4
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev – 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3+esm4
18.04 LTS bionic	gstreamer1.0-gtk3 – 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm4
	gstreamer1.0-plugins-good – 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm4
	gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio – 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm4
	gstreamer1.0-qt5 – 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm4
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 – 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm4
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev – 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm4
16.04 LTS xenial	gstreamer1.0-plugins-good – 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm4
	gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-doc – 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm4
	gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio – 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm4
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 – 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm4
	libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev – 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm4

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