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CVE-2024-47538: GHSL-2024-115: GStreamer has a stack-buffer overflow in vorbis_handle_identification_packet

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-121

Description

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A stack-buffer overflow has been detected in the `vorbis_handle_identification_packet` function within `gstvorbisdec.c`. The position array is a stack-allocated buffer of size 64. If vd->vi.channels exceeds 64, the for loop will write beyond the boundaries of the position array. The value written will always be `GST_AUDIO_CHANNEL_POSITION_NONE`. This vulnerability allows someone to overwrite the EIP address allocated in the stack. Additionally, this bug can overwrite the `GstAudioInfo` info structure. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

Affected products

• GStreamer: before 1.24.10 — fixed in 1.24.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GStreamer 1.24.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/8035.patch
• https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2024-0022.html
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-115_GHSL-2024-118_Gstreamer/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00021.html

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