Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gstreamer package, versions [,1.20.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GSTREAMER-3008080
  • published21 Jul 2022
  • disclosed20 Jul 2022
  • creditAdam Doupe

Introduced: 20 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-1920  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gstreamer to version 1.20.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header function of the matroskademux element, while parsing matroska files.

CVSS Scores

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