vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-40474): GStreamer Bad Plugins vulnerabilities

Try Surface Command
Back to search
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 29, 2023
Added
Nov 30, 2023
Modified
Apr 28, 2026

Description

GStreamer MXF File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of MXF video files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
. Was ZDI-CAN-21660.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gstreamer1-0-plugins-badubuntu-pro-upgrade-libgstreamer-plugins-bad1-0-0ubuntu-upgrade-gstreamer1-0-plugins-badubuntu-upgrade-libgstreamer-plugins-bad1-0-0

References

Title
Rapid7 Labs

2026 Global Threat Landscape Report

The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.

Get report