CVE-2022-1924 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Gstreamer
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 19
Latest updateAug 8
Description
DOS / potential heap overwrite in mkv demuxing using lzo decompression. Integer overflow in matroskademux element in lzo decompression function which causes a segfault, or could cause a heap overwrite, depending on libc and OS. Depending on the libc used, and the underlying OS capabilities, it could be just a segfault or a heap overwrite. If the libc uses mmap for large chunks, and the OS supports mmap, then it is just a segfault (because the realloc before the integer overflow will use mremap t…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0