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CVE-2024-47542: GHSL-2024-235: GStreamer ID3v2 parser out-of-bounds read and NULL-pointer dereference

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-12-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A null pointer dereference has been discovered in the id3v2_read_synch_uint function, located in id3v2.c. If id3v2_read_synch_uint is called with a null work->hdr.frame_data, the pointer guint8 *data is accessed without validation, resulting in a null pointer dereference. This vulnerability can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) by triggering a segmentation fault (SEGV). 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/8033.patch
• https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2024-0008.html
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-235_Gstreamer/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00021.html

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