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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-4453

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: GStreamer

Product: GStreamer

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 25.77% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-467/
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/tpm/gstreamer/-/commit/e68eccff103ab0e91e6d77a892f57131b33902f5
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00019.html

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