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Security Advisory 2023-0007 (ZDI-CAN-21661) (CVE-2023-40475)

Summary Integer overflow leading to heap overwrite in MXF file handling with AES3 audio
Date 2023-09-20 20:00
Affected Versions GStreamer gst-plugins-bad < 1.22.6
ID GStreamer-SA-2023-0007
ZDI-CAN-21661
CVE-2023-40475

Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MXF file demuxer when handling malformed files with AES3 audio in GStreamer versions before 1.22.6

Impact

It is possible for a malicious third party to trigger a crash in the application, and possibly also effect code execution through heap manipulation.

Threat mitigation

Workarounds

Solution

The gst-plugins-bad 1.22.6 releases address the issue. People using older branches of GStreamer should apply the patch and recompile.

References

The GStreamer project

CVE Database Entries

GStreamer 1.22.6 release

Patches

Patches (includes patch for SA-2023-0006 / ZDI-CAN-21660 / CVE-2023-40474)

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