PT-2023-9039 · Gstreamer+6 · Gstreamer+6

Michael Randrianantenaina · Published 2023-12-18 · Updated 2025-06-05 · CVE-2023-50186

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GStreamer (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of metadata within AV1 encoded video files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Stack Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-121

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:2287

BDU:2024-03234

CVE-2023-50186

DSA-5583-1

INFSA-2024_2287

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0305-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13896-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_0305-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3289-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3295-1

RHSA-2024:2287

RHSA-2024_2287

RLSA-2024:2287

SUSE-SU-2024:3289-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3295-1

USN-7558-1

ZDI-24-368

Affected Products

Almalinux

Gstreamer

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 66

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-3887 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3289-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-368 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2024:2287 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2287.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:2287 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50186 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5583-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2287 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0011.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50186 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7558-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7558-1 · Vendor Advisory