Security Advisory 2024-0026 (GHSL-2024-117, CVE-2024-47615)

Details

An out-of-bounds write in the Ogg demuxer that can cause crashes for certain input files.

Impact

It is possible for a malicious third party to trigger out-of-bounds writes that can result in a crash of the application, or potentially possibly also allow code execution through heap manipulation.

Solution

The gst-plugins-base 1.24.10 release addresses the issue. People using older branches of GStreamer should apply the patch and recompile.

References

The GStreamer project

• https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org

CVE Database Entries

• CVE-2024-47615

GStreamer releases

1.24 (current stable)

• GStreamer 1.24.10 release notes
• GStreamer Plugins Base 1.24.10

Patches

• Patch