Use of Uninitialized Variable Affecting gstreamer package, versions [,1.28.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.31% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-GSTREAMER-10075984
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed11 Dec 2024
  • creditAntonio Morales

Introduced: 11 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-47540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-457  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gstreamer to version 1.28.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable through the gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header function within matroska-demux.c file. An attacker can hijack the execution flow and potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting the uninitialized map variable when size is less than 4.

CVSS Base Scores

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