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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSGOOD-3200723
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed19 Apr 2021

Introduced: 19 Apr 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 gstreamer1-plugins-good to version 0:1.16.1-3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7618.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1-plugins-good package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-good package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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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