CVE-2024-47540

GHSL-2024-197: GStreamer uses uninitialized stack memory in Matroska/WebM demuxer

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Dec 11, 2024
Updated
Nov 3, 2025
Reserved
Sep 25, 2024

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Description

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. An uninitialized stack variable vulnerability has been identified in the gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header function within matroska-demux.c. When size < 4, the program calls gst_buffer_unmap with an uninitialized map variable. Then, in the gst_memory_unmap function, the program will attempt to unmap the buffer using the uninitialized map variable, causing a function pointer hijack, as it will jump to mem->allocator->mem_unmap_full or mem->allocator->mem_unmap. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack the execution flow, potentially leading to code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gstreamergstreamer
  • < 1.24.10Affected

References

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