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High ALSA-2023:7841 1 CVE

Important: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update

Published Dec 14, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

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: 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 · 8 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_9.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 8 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.16.1-2.el8_9.alma.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2023-44446

    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…

    GStreamer GStreamer gst-plugins-bad1.0 gst-plugins-bad1.0 Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-44446
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2250249
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7841.html