GStreamer up to 1.24.9 gstwavparse.c gst_wavparse_smpl_chunk out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. Affected is the function gst_wavparse_smpl_chunk of the file gstwavparse.c. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-47777. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GStreamer up to 1.24.9. Affected is the function gst_wavparse_smpl_chunk of the file gstwavparse.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. An OOB-read vulnerability has been identified in the gst_wavparse_smpl_chunk function within gstwavparse.c. This function attempts to read 4 bytes from the data + 12 offset without checking if the size of the data buffer is sufficient. If the buffer is too small, the function reads beyond its bounds. This vulnerability may result in reading 4 bytes out of the boundaries of the data buffer. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

The advisory is available at securitylab.github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-47777 since 09/30/2024. 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 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 best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit 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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