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CVE-2024-47540: GHSL-2024-197: GStreamer uses uninitialized stack memory in Matroska/WebM demuxer

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 62.8% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: gstreamer gstreamer 1.24.10.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to gstreamer gstreamer 1.24.10 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. An uninitialized stack variable vulnerability has been identified in the gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header function within matroska-demux.c. When size < 4, the program calls gst_buffer_unmap with an uninitialized map variable. Then, in the gst_memory_unmap function, the program will attempt to unmap the buffer using the uninitialized map variable, causing a function pointer hijack, as it will jump to mem->allocator->mem_unmap_full or mem->allocator->mem_unmap. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack the execution flow, potentially leading to code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

HighCVSS 8.6 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 11, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 62th percentile

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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
8.6
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
gstreamergstreamer

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • gstreamer gstreamerbefore 1.24.10

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • gstreamer gstreamer

    • < 1.24.10affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:8gstreamer1-plugins-goodbefore 1.16.1-5.el8_101.16.1-5.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtkbefore 1.16.1-5.el8_101.16.1-5.el8_10
AlmaLinux:9gstreamer1-plugins-goodbefore 1.22.1-3.el9_51.22.1-3.el9_5
AlmaLinux:9gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtkbefore 1.22.1-3.el9_51.22.1-3.el9_5
Debian:11gst-plugins-good1.0before 1.18.4-2+deb11u31.18.4-2+deb11u3
Debian:12gst-plugins-good1.0before 1.22.0-5+deb12u21.22.0-5+deb12u2
Debian:13gst-plugins-good1.0before 1.24.10-11.24.10-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6gstreamer-plugins-goodbefore 1.24.0-150600.3.3.11.24.0-150600.3.3.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6gstreamer-plugins-goodbefore 1.24.0-150600.3.7.11.24.0-150600.3.7.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedgstreamer-plugins-goodbefore 1.24.11-2.11.24.11-2.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-goodbefore 0:1.16.1-5.el8_100:1.16.1-5.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-debuginfobefore 0:1.16.1-5.el8_100:1.16.1-5.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-debugsourcebefore 0:1.16.1-5.el8_100:1.16.1-5.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-gtkbefore 0:1.16.1-5.el8_100:1.16.1-5.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk-debuginfobefore 0:1.16.1-5.el8_100:1.16.1-5.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-goodbefore 0:1.22.1-3.el9_50:1.22.1-3.el9_5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-debuginfobefore 0:1.22.1-3.el9_50:1.22.1-3.el9_5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-debugsourcebefore 0:1.22.1-3.el9_50:1.22.1-3.el9_5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-gtkbefore 0:1.22.1-3.el9_50:1.22.1-3.el9_5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk-debuginfobefore 0:1.22.1-3.el9_50:1.22.1-3.el9_5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-qt-debuginfobefore 0:1.22.1-3.el9_50:1.22.1-3.el9_5
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-goodbefore 0:1.16.1-2.el8_20:1.16.1-2.el8_2
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-debuginfobefore 0:1.16.1-2.el8_20:1.16.1-2.el8_2
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstreamgstreamer1-plugins-good-debugsourcebefore 0:1.16.1-2.el8_20:1.16.1-2.el8_2

+52

Same product

gstreamer: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2016-9636Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows
    42Plan
  • CVE-2016-9635Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows
    42Plan
  • CVE-2016-9634Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows
    42Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-47538Dec 11, 2024 · GHSL-2024-115: GStreamer has a stack-buffer overflow in vorbis_handle_identification_packet
    34Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-47539Dec 11, 2024 · GHSL-2024-195: GStreamer has an OOB-write in convert_to_s334_1a
    34Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-47541Dec 11, 2024 · GHSL-2024-228: GStreamer has an out-of-bounds write in SSA subtitle parser
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
gstreamer gstreamer1.24.10 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
almalinux:gstreamer1-plugins-good1.22.1-3.el9_5 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk1.22.1-3.el9_5 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
debian:gst-plugins-good1.01.22.0-5+deb12u2 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:gstreamer-plugins-good1.24.0-150600.3.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-base0:1.10.4-3.el7_9 · Red Hat:rhel_els:7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-base-debuginfo0:1.10.4-3.el7_9 · Red Hat:rhel_els:7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel0:1.10.4-3.el7_9 · Red Hat:rhel_els:7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs0:1.10.4-3.el7_9 · Red Hat:rhel_els:7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools0:1.10.4-3.el7_9 · Red Hat:rhel_els:7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-good0:1.18.4-7.el9_2 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-good-debuginfo0:1.18.4-7.el9_2 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-good-debugsource0:1.18.4-7.el9_2 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk0:1.18.4-7.el9_2 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk-debuginfo0:1.18.4-7.el9_2 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:gstreamer1-plugins-good-qt-debuginfo0:1.18.4-7.el9_2 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
rocky linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good0:1.22.1-3.el9_5 · Rocky Linux:9Package registry (OSV)
suse:gstreamer-plugins-good1.24.0-150600.3.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)
suse:gstreamer-plugins-good1.8.3-16.12.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-457 · Use of Uninitialized Variable

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

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References

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