Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo package, versions <0:0.10.23-42.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.38% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GSTREAMERPLUGINSBADFREEDEBUGINFO-12079439
  • published21 Aug 2025
  • disclosed3 May 2024

Introduced: 3 May 2024

CVE-2023-40474  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo to version 0:0.10.23-42.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2972.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo package and not the gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

GStreamer MXF File Parsing Integer Overflow 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 proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-21660.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1