Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update
Affects Red Hat gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited : upgrade Red Hat gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free to 8.4.1 soon.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 19:20 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 8.4.1
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Red Hat gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free to 8.4.1.
Affected software
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:8980 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2025-3887) exists in the GStreamer H265 codec parsing component within the gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package. This flaw could allow remote code execution. Red Hat has issued a security advisory for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 to address this issue with an important security update.