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CVE-2024-47596: GHSL-2024-244: GStreamer has an OOB-read in FOURCC_SMI_ parsing

First published: Wed Dec 11 2024(Updated: )

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. An OOB-read has been discovered in the qtdemux_parse_svq3_stsd_data function within qtdemux.c. In the FOURCC_SMI_ case, seqh_size is read from the input file without proper validation. If seqh_size is greater than the remaining size of the data buffer, it can lead to an OOB-read in the following call to gst_buffer_fill, which internally uses memcpy. This vulnerability can result in reading up to 4GB of process memory or potentially causing a segmentation fault (SEGV) when accessing invalid memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

Credit: security-advisories@github.com security-advisories@github.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
GStreamer<1.24.10
debian/gst-plugins-good1.0<=1.18.4-2+deb11u2
1.22.0-5+deb12u2
1.24.12-1

Remedy

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/8059.patch

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2024-47596?

    CVE-2024-47596 has been classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for out-of-bounds read conditions.

  • How do I fix CVE-2024-47596?

    To mitigate CVE-2024-47596, update GStreamer to version 1.24.11-5 or later if using the GStreamer-based packages.

  • Which versions of GStreamer are affected by CVE-2024-47596?

    GStreamer versions prior to 1.24.11 and versions up to 1.18.4-2+deb11u2 of gst-plugins-good1.0 are affected by CVE-2024-47596.

  • What are the potential consequences of CVE-2024-47596?

    Exploitation of CVE-2024-47596 could lead to information disclosure due to out-of-bounds reads.

  • Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-47596?

    Yes, there is a patch available which addresses the vulnerability in the affected versions of GStreamer.

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