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CVE-2024-4453

Public on 2024-05-22
Modified on 2024-05-27
Description

GStreamer EXIF Metadata 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 EXIF metadata. 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-23896.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core gstreamer-plugins-base 2024-07-18 02:00 ALAS2-2024-2593
Amazon Linux 2 - Core gstreamer1-plugins-base 2024-07-18 02:00 ALAS2-2024-2592
Amazon Linux 2 - Core gstreamer1-plugins-base 2025-01-30 22:56 ALAS2-2025-2747

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-4453 Mitre: CVE-2024-4453 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity