CVE-2024-4453 Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-base package, versions <0:1.16.1-4.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSBASE-8399640
  • published 20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 22 May 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 gstreamer1-plugins-base to version 0:1.16.1-4.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:9056.

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 Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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 Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.8 high