CVE-2023-32570: Race Condition

Published May 9, 2023
·
Updated

A race condition during dav1d decoding could have led to an out-of-bounds memory access, potentially leading to memory corruption and execution of malicious code.

Other sources

VideoLAN dav1d before 1.2.0 has a threadtask.c race condition that can lead to an application crash, related to dav1ddecodeframeexit.

MITRE

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
Videolan dav1d<1.2.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=37
Fedoraproject Fedora=38
Mozilla Firefox<113
113

Event History

May 9, 2023
CVE Published
via Mozilla·12:00 AM
May 10, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2023-32570?

CVE-2023-32570 is a vulnerability in VideoLAN dav1d before version 1.2.0 that can lead to an application crash due to a race condition in thread_task.c.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2023-32570?

The severity of CVE-2023-32570 is medium with a CVSS score of 5.9.

3

How can CVE-2023-32570 affect me?

If you are using VideoLAN dav1d version before 1.2.0, this vulnerability can potentially cause an application crash.

4

How do I fix CVE-2023-32570?

To fix CVE-2023-32570, you should update VideoLAN dav1d to version 1.2.0 or later.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2023-32570?

You can find more information about CVE-2023-32570 in the referenced links: [link1](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d/-/commit/cf617fdae0b9bfabd27282854c8e81450d955efa), [link2](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d/-/tags/1.2.0), [link3](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3WGSO7UMOF4MVLQ5H6KIV7OG6ONS377B/).

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