Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting GStreamer plugins in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 have been addressed. These include several remote code execution issues caused by heap-based buffer overflows, out-of-bounds writes, and integer overflows in various media file parsers and demuxers. The vulnerabilities impact the gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free packages. Red Hat has released security updates to fix these issues in affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related CodeReady Linux Builder packages.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities in the GStreamer streaming media framework plugins for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The issues include arbitrary code execution and remote code execution vulnerabilities via heap-based buffer overflows and out-of-bounds writes in components handling ASF files, JPEG parsing, RTP QDM2 depayloader, AVI file handling, RealMedia demuxer, and DVB subtitles. The vulnerabilities are tracked under CVE-2026-2920, CVE-2026-2921, CVE-2026-2922, CVE-2026-2923, CVE-2026-3082, CVE-2026-3083, and CVE-2026-3085. Red Hat has issued updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10 to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on affected systems via specially crafted media files. This could lead to full compromise of the system running vulnerable GStreamer plugins. The vulnerabilities affect multiple plugins responsible for processing various media formats, increasing the attack surface.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for the affected GStreamer plugin packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related CodeReady Linux Builder 10. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:6259 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerabilities. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified in the advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting GStreamer plugins in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 have been addressed. These include several remote code execution issues caused by heap-based buffer overflows, out-of-bounds writes, and integer overflows in various media file parsers and demuxers. The vulnerabilities impact the gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-base, gstreamer1-plugins-good, and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free packages. Red Hat has released security updates to fix these issues in affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related CodeReady Linux Builder packages.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities in the GStreamer streaming media framework plugins for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The issues include arbitrary code execution and remote code execution vulnerabilities via heap-based buffer overflows and out-of-bounds writes in components handling ASF files, JPEG parsing, RTP QDM2 depayloader, AVI file handling, RealMedia demuxer, and DVB subtitles. The vulnerabilities are tracked under CVE-2026-2920, CVE-2026-2921, CVE-2026-2922, CVE-2026-2923, CVE-2026-3082, CVE-2026-3083, and CVE-2026-3085. Red Hat has issued updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10 to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on affected systems via specially crafted media files. This could lead to full compromise of the system running vulnerable GStreamer plugins. The vulnerabilities affect multiple plugins responsible for processing various media formats, increasing the attack surface.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for the affected GStreamer plugin packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related CodeReady Linux Builder 10. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:6259 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerabilities. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified in the advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:6259
- Cve Count
- 7
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-2921","CVE-2026-2922","CVE-2026-2923","CVE-2026-3082","CVE-2026-3083","CVE-2026-3085"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1c04853345fc181d7f0
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:40 UTC
Last enriched: 07/20/2026, 21:02:02 UTC
Last updated: 08/11/2026, 12:41:09 UTC
Views: 51
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