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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-1923: gst-plugins-good: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-1923: gst-plugins-good: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/19/2022
Created
09/24/2024
Added
09/23/2024
Modified
09/23/2024

Description

DOS / potential heap overwrite in mkv demuxing using bzip decompression. Integer overflow in matroskademux element in bzip decompression function which causes a segfault, or could cause a heap overwrite, depending on libc and OS. Depending on the libc used, and the underlying OS capabilities, it could be just a segfault or a heap overwrite. If the libc uses mmap for large chunks, and the OS supports mmap, then it is just a segfault (because the realloc before the integer overflow will use mremap to reduce the size of the chunk, and it will start to write to unmapped memory). However, if using a libc implementation that does not use mmap, or if the OS does not support mmap while using libc, then this could result in a heap overwrite.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-good

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