GStreamer up to 1.24.9 gstvorbisdec.c vorbis_handle_identification_packet stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. This affects the function vorbis_handle_identification_packet of the file gstvorbisdec.c. The manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-47538. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. Affected is the function vorbis_handle_identification_packet of the file gstvorbisdec.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A stack-buffer overflow has been detected in the `vorbis_handle_identification_packet` function within `gstvorbisdec.c`. The position array is a stack-allocated buffer of size 64. If vd->vi.channels exceeds 64, the for loop will write beyond the boundaries of the position array. The value written will always be `GST_AUDIO_CHANNEL_POSITION_NONE`. This vulnerability allows someone to overwrite the EIP address allocated in the stack. Additionally, this bug can overwrite the `GstAudioInfo` info structure. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

The advisory is available at securitylab.github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-47538 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. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213023 (Debian dsa-5831 : 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 (213023). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Multimedia Processing Software

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• 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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