RHSA-2026:49517: Important: gstreamer-plugins-bad-free security update

Published Aug 3, 2026
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Updated

GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer-plugins-bad-free package contains a collection of plug-ins for GStreamer.Security Fix(es): gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: GStreamer: Heap buffer overflow via crafted VNC server rectangle in librfb (CVE-2026-52720) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: GStreamer: Signed integer overflow in VMnc decoder cursor payload handling (CVE-2026-52722) 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.

Affected Software

12 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9
redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs<0.10.23-25.el7_9
0.10.23-25.el7_9

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.10.23-25.el7_9
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.10.23-25.el7_9
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.10.23-25.el7_9
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.10.23-25.el7_9
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2026-52722
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2026-52720

Event History

Aug 3, 2026
Advisory Published
via Red Hat·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionAffected Software
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