GStreamer H265 Codec Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of H265 slice headers. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-26596.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-develUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libs | May 28, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade gstreamerUpgrade gst-plugins-bad | Aug 8, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade gst-plugins-bad1.0 | May 28, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-develUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libs | May 28, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-develUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsourceUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libsUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libs-debuginfo | May 28, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsourceUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libsUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfoUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-libs-debuginfoUpgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel | Sep 9, 2025 | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libgstsctp-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstva-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstvulkan-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-develUpgrade libgstmpegts-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-64bitUpgrade libgstmse-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgsttranscoder-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstbasecamerabinsrc-1_0-0Upgrade typelib-1_0-gstbadaudio-1_0Upgrade libgstplayer-1_0-0Upgrade libgstgl-1_0-0Upgrade libgstwayland-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstdxva-1_0-0Upgrade typelib-1_0-GstDxva-1_0Upgrade typelib-1_0-gstwebrtc-1_0Upgrade libgstva-1_0-0Upgrade typelib-1_0-gstplay-1_0Upgrade typelib-1_0-gstinsertbin-1_0Upgrade libgstplayer-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstcodecs-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade typelib-1_0-GstVa-1_0Upgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-32bitUpgrade libgstisoff-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstwayland-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstphotography-1_0-0Upgrade libgstanalytics-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstcuda-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstwebrtc-1_0-0Upgrade typelib-1_0-GstCuda-1_0Upgrade libgstinsertbin-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstwayland-1_0-0Upgrade gstreamer-plugins-badUpgrade libgsttranscoder-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-fluidsynth-32bitUpgrade typelib-1_0-gstmpegts-1_0Upgrade libgstdxva-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-chromaprint-32bitUpgrade libgstmpegts-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstbadaudio-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstbadbase-1_0-0Upgrade libgsturidownloader-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstbasecamerabinsrc-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstinsertbin-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstisoff-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstmpegts-1_0-0Upgrade libgstwebrtcnice-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstcodecparsers-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstwebrtc-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstmse-1_0-0Upgrade libgstplay-1_0-0Upgrade gstreamer-transcoderUpgrade libgstcodecparsers-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstanalytics-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstvulkan-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstwebrtcnice-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstva-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstbadaudio-1_0-0Upgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-chromaprint-64bitUpgrade libgstisoff-1_0-0Upgrade libgsttranscoder-1_0-0Upgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-langUpgrade typelib-1_0-GstVulkan-1_0Upgrade typelib-1_0-GstVulkanXCB-1_0Upgrade typelib-1_0-GstTranscoder-1_0Upgrade typelib-1_0-GstVulkanWayland-1_0Upgrade libgstbadaudio-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-chromaprintUpgrade typelib-1_0-gstcodecs-1_0Upgrade typelib-1_0-GstAnalytics-1_0Upgrade libgsturidownloader-1_0-0Upgrade libgstplay-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstbadvideo-1_0-0Upgrade libgstinsertbin-1_0-0Upgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-fluidsynthUpgrade libgsturidownloader-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstplayer-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade typelib-1_0-GstMse-1_0Upgrade libgstdxva-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade typelib-1_0-CudaGst-1_0Upgrade libgstsctp-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstsctp-1_0-0Upgrade libgstphotography-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstcuda-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstvulkan-1_0-0Upgrade libgstcodecs-1_0-0Upgrade libgstanalytics-1_0-0Upgrade libgstcuda-1_0-0Upgrade libgstwebrtcnice-1_0-0Upgrade libgstplay-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstphotography-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstcodecs-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstadaptivedemux-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstwebrtc-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstcodecparsers-1_0-0Upgrade libgstbasecamerabinsrc-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade gstreamer-transcoder-develUpgrade gstreamer-plugins-bad-fluidsynth-64bitUpgrade libgstmse-1_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgstadaptivedemux-1_0-0-64bitUpgrade libgstadaptivedemux-1_0-0Upgrade typelib-1_0-gstplayer-1_0 | May 28, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade gstreamer1.0-plugins-badUpgrade libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 | Jun 6, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | May 27, 2026 | May 22, 2025 |
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