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High ALSA-2023:7791 2 CVEs

Important: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update

Published Dec 13, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free package contains a collection of plug-ins for GStreamer.

Security Fix(es):

* gstreamer: AV1 codec parser heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2023-44429)
* gstreamer: MXF demuxer use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2023-44446)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.22.1-2.el9_3
AlmaLinux · 9 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.22.1-2.el9_3

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 8.8

    GStreamer AV1 Codec Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    GStreamer AV1 Codec Parsing 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 …

  • High 8.8

    GStreamer MXF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    GStreamer MXF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-44429
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-44446
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2250247
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2250249
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-7791.html