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High ALSA-2025:8201 1 CVE

Important: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update

Published May 27, 2025 · 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: GStreamer H265 Codec Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-3887)

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 1.16.1-5.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.16.1-5.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8

    GStreamer H265 Codec Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    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 thi…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3887
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2367919
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-8201.html