7.8

CVE-2025-2759: gstreamer

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 22-05-2025Last modified 22-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2759 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in gstreamer. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2759

Timeline

  1. 22-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

GStreamer Incorrect Permission Assignment Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of GStreamer. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the product installer. The issue results from incorrect permissions on folders. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of a target user. Was ZDI-CAN-25448.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.13% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Gstreamer1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links