Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-47808

medium Nessus Plugin ID 253574

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In GStreamer through 1.26.1, the subparse plugin's tmplayer_parse_line function may dereference a NULL pointer while parsing a subtitle file, leading to a crash. (CVE-2025-47808)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-47808

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-47808

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-47808

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 253574

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_47808.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/22/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-47808

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gstreamer1-plugins-base, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gst-plugins-base1.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gst-plugins-base1.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47808