Use After Free Affecting gst-plugins-bad package, versions <1.22.7-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.81% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE322-GSTPLUGINSBAD-10279792
  • published31 May 2025
  • disclosed3 May 2024

Introduced: 3 May 2024

CVE-2023-44446  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.22 gst-plugins-bad to version 1.22.7-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gst-plugins-bad package and not the gst-plugins-bad package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.22 relevant fixed versions and status.

GStreamer MXF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of MXF video files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22299.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1