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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-44429: Important: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update (CESA-2023:7791)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-44429: Important: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update (CESA-2023:7791)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2023
Created
12/15/2023
Added
12/14/2023
Modified
12/14/2023

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer in the AV1 codec parser when handling certain malformed streams. A malicious third party could use this flaw to trigger a crash in the application and possibly affect code execution through heap manipulation.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free
  • centos-upgrade-gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsource

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