#VU101205 Use of uninitialized resource in gst-plugins-good and gstreamer - CVE-2024-47540
Published: December 4, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101205
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47540
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
gst-plugins-good
gstreamer
gst-plugins-good
gstreamer
Software vendor:
GStreamer
GStreamer
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of uninitialized uninitialized stack memory in Matroska/WebM demuxer. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger uninitialized usage of memory and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.