Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-base package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    3.4% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSBASE-1338827
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 22 Apr 2019

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 gstreamer1-plugins-base.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1-plugins-base package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-base package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

GStreamer before 1.16.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the RTSP connection parser via a crafted response from a server, potentially allowing remote code execution.