GStreamer ORC up to 0.4.38 File orcparse.c stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in GStreamer ORC up to 0.4.38. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file orcparse.c of the component File Handler. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-40897. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in GStreamer ORC up to 0.4.38. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file orcparse.c of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in orcparse.c of ORC versions prior to 0.4.39. If a developer is tricked to process a specially crafted file with the affected ORC compiler, an arbitrary code may be executed on the developer's build environment. This may lead to compromise of developer machines or CI build environments.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-40897 since 07/12/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208983 (Amazon Linux 2023 : orc, orc-compiler, orc-devel (ALAS2023-2024-728)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.4.39 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208983). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Multimedia Processing Software

Vendor

• GStreamer

Name

• ORC

Version

• 0.4.0
• 0.4.1
• 0.4.2
• 0.4.3
• 0.4.4
• 0.4.5
• 0.4.6
• 0.4.7
• 0.4.8
• 0.4.9
• 0.4.10
• 0.4.11
• 0.4.12
• 0.4.13
• 0.4.14
• 0.4.15
• 0.4.16
• 0.4.17
• 0.4.18
• 0.4.19
• 0.4.20
• 0.4.21
• 0.4.22
• 0.4.23
• 0.4.24
• 0.4.25
• 0.4.26
• 0.4.27
• 0.4.28
• 0.4.29
• 0.4.30
• 0.4.31
• 0.4.32
• 0.4.33
• 0.4.34
• 0.4.35
• 0.4.36
• 0.4.37
• 0.4.38

License

• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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