Vulnerability · Published Jan 25, 2021 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-3185
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity buffer overflow in gstreamer. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in the gstreamer h264 component of gst-plugins-bad before v1.18.1 where when parsing a h264 header, an attacker could cause the stack to be smashed, memory corruption and possibly code execution.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gst-plugins-bad1.0 | 1.18.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3185 |
| Debian:13 | gst-plugins-bad1.0 | 1.18.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3185 |
| Debian:14 | gst-plugins-bad1.0 | 1.18.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3185 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917192 x_refsource_MISC
- GLSA-202208-31 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO