Vulnerability · Published Apr 19, 2021 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-3497
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in gstreamer-plugins-good. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GStreamer before 1.18.4 might access already-freed memory in error code paths when demuxing certain malformed Matroska files.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 1.16.1-3.el8 | ALSA-2022:7618 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk | 1.16.1-3.el8 | ALSA-2022:7618 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | gst-plugins-good | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | gst-plugins-good | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | gst-plugins-good | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | gst-plugins-good | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | gst-plugins-good | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | gstreamer | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | gstreamer | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | gstreamer | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | gstreamer | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | gstreamer | 1.18.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Debian:12 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.18.4-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Debian:13 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.18.4-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Debian:14 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.18.4-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3497 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 0:1.16.1-3.el8 | RLSA-2022:7618 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | gstreamer-plugins-good | gstreamer-plugins-good 1.18.4 |
Weakness: CWE-416
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945339 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0002.html x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-4900 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210426 [SECURITY] [DLA 2640-1] gst-plugins-good1.0 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- GLSA-202208-31 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO