Vulnerability · Published Jul 19, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-1920
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity heap 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 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Integer overflow in matroskademux element in gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header function which allows a heap overwrite while parsing matroska files. Potential for arbitrary code execution through heap overwrite.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | gstreamer1-plugins-good | 1.18.4-6.el9 | ALSA-2023:2260 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk | 1.18.4-6.el9 | ALSA-2023:2260 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | gst-plugins-good | 1.20.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-1920 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | gst-plugins-good | 1.20.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-1920 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | gst-plugins-good | 1.20.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-1920 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | gst-plugins-good | 1.20.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-1920 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | gst-plugins-good | 1.20.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-1920 |
| Debian:12 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.20.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1920 |
| Debian:13 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.20.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1920 |
| Debian:14 | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.20.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1920 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gst-plugins-good1.0 | 1.20.3-0ubuntu1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1920 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-122
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/1226 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220809 [SECURITY] [DLA 3069-1] gst-plugins-good1.0 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-5204 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN