GStreamer up to 1.24.9 gstwavparse.c gst_wavparse_adtl_chunk size out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. This affects the function gst_wavparse_adtl_chunk of the file gstwavparse.c. The manipulation of the argument size leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-47778. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in GStreamer up to 1.24.9 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function gst_wavparse_adtl_chunk of the file gstwavparse.c. The manipulation of the argument size with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. An OOB-read vulnerability has been discovered in gst_wavparse_adtl_chunk within gstwavparse.c. This vulnerability arises due to insufficient validation of the size parameter, which can exceed the bounds of the data buffer. As a result, an OOB read occurs in the following while loop. This vulnerability can result in reading up to 4GB of process memory or potentially causing a segmentation fault (SEGV) when accessing invalid memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

The advisory is shared at securitylab.github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-47778 since 09/30/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 213415 (Debian dsa-5838 : gstreamer1.0-gtk3 - 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 (213415). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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