gstreamer/security-advisories/sa-2024-0017.md

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Security Advisory 2024-0017 (GHSL-2024-197, CVE-2024-47540)

Summary Usage of uninitialized stack memory in Matroska/WebM demuxer
Date 2024-12-03 20:00
Affected Versions GStreamer gst-plugins-good < 1.24.10
IDs GStreamer-SA-2024-0017
GHSL-2024-197
CVE-2024-47540

Details

Usage of uninitialized stack memory in Matroska/WebM demuxer that can result in calls to uninitialized functions pointers and crashes.

Impact

It is possible for a malicious third party to trigger usage of uninitialized stack memory that can result in a crash of the application, or potentially possibly also allows code execution through stack manipulation.

Solution

The gst-plugins-good 1.24.10 release addresses the issue. People using older branches of GStreamer should apply the patch and recompile.

References

The GStreamer project

CVE Database Entries

GStreamer releases

1.24 (current stable)

Patches