[USN-8584-1] GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8584-1
July 22, 2026

gst-plugins-good1.0 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Good Plugins.

Software Description:
- gst-plugins-good1.0: GStreamer plugins

Details:

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain
Matroska files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
GStreamer Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39043)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain
WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GStreamer
Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39044)

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain
WavPack audio files. An attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer
Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-53705)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.28.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.20.3-0ubuntu1.7
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0  1.20.3-0ubuntu1.7

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8584-1
  CVE-2026-39043, CVE-2026-39044, CVE-2026-53705

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.28.2-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.24.2-1ubuntu1.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-good1.0/1.20.3-0ubuntu1.7
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