GStreamer up to 1.24.9 gstjpegdec.c gst_jpeg_dec_negotiate null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. This vulnerability affects the function gst_jpeg_dec_negotiate of the file gstjpegdec.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-47599. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. This issue affects the function gst_jpeg_dec_negotiate of the file gstjpegdec.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A null pointer dereference vulnerability has been discovered in the gst_jpeg_dec_negotiate function in gstjpegdec.c. This function does not check for a NULL return value from gst_video_decoder_set_output_state. When this happens, dereferences of the outstate pointer will lead to 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at securitylab.github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-47599 since 09/27/2024. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• 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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