Use After Free Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk package, versions <0:1.16.1-3.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSGOODGTK-4330014
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Mar 2021

Introduced: 15 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-3497  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk to version 0:1.16.1-3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7618.

NVD Description

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

GStreamer before 1.18.4 might access already-freed memory in error code paths when demuxing certain malformed Matroska files.

CVSS Scores

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