Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package, versions <0:1.22.12-3.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.34% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSBADFREEDEVEL-10242819
  • published24 May 2025
  • disclosed22 May 2024

Introduced: 22 May 2024

CVE-2024-4453  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel to version 0:1.22.12-3.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-7178.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

GStreamer EXIF Metadata 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 EXIF metadata. 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-23896.

CVSS Base Scores

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