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High ALAS2-2026-3222 1 CVE

Important: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Mar 30, 2026 · Updated Apr 1, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-3082: GStreamer JPEG Parser Heap-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 processing of Huffman tables. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 0:1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.5
Amazon Linux · 2 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0:1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.5
Amazon Linux · 2 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 0:1.18.4-5.amzn2.0.5

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8

    GStreamer JPEG Parser Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    GStreamer JPEG Parser Heap-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 vulner…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-3082.html