gstreamer/security-advisories/sa-2024-0022.md

Security Advisory 2024-0022 (GHSL-2024-115, CVE-2024-47538)

Summary	Stack buffer-overflow in Vorbis decoder
Date	2024-12-03 20:00
Affected Versions	GStreamer gst-plugins-base < 1.24.10
IDs	GStreamer-SA-2024-0022 GHSL-2024-115 CVE-2024-47538

Details

Stack buffer-overflow in Vorbis decoder that can cause crashes for certain input files.

Impact

It is possible for a malicious third party to trigger stack buffer-overflows that can result in a crash of the application.

Solution

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

References

The GStreamer project

• https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org

CVE Database Entries

• CVE-2024-47538

GStreamer releases

1.24 (current stable)

• GStreamer 1.24.10 release notes
• GStreamer Plugins Base 1.24.10

Patches

• Patch