CVE-2019-9928 — GStreamer before 1

GStreamer before 1.16.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the RTSP connection parser via a crafted response from a server, potentially allowing remote code execution.

01What is this vulnerability?

GStreamer before 1.16.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the RTSP connection parser via a crafted response from a server, potentially allowing remote code execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-04-24T14:48:24.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:01:55.184Z

09References

• gstreamer.freedesktop.org — https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/
• gstreamer.freedesktop.org — https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2019-0001.html
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00031.html
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00030.html
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3958-1/
• seclists.org — https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/39
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4437
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00082.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00078.html
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-33
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00049.html