GStreamer up to 1.24.9 id3v2.c id3v2_read_synch_uint null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. It has been declared as problematic. This affects the function id3v2_read_synch_uint of the file id3v2.c. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-47542. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function id3v2_read_synch_uint of the file id3v2.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A null pointer dereference has been discovered in the id3v2_read_synch_uint function, located in id3v2.c. If id3v2_read_synch_uint is called with a null work->hdr.frame_data, the pointer guint8 *data is accessed without validation, resulting in a null pointer dereference. This vulnerability can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) by triggering a segmentation fault (SEGV). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

The advisory is shared for download at securitylab.github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-47542 since 09/25/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213315 (Debian dla-3999 : gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.24.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213315). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Multimedia Processing Software

Name

• GStreamer

Version

• 1.24.0
• 1.24.1
• 1.24.2
• 1.24.3
• 1.24.4
• 1.24.5
• 1.24.6
• 1.24.7
• 1.24.8
• 1.24.9

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• open-source

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