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CVE-2023-40476 — GStreamer H265 Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnera

GStreamer H265 Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack

CVSS
8.8 HIGH
EPSS
6.22% (top 9.20%)
CWE
CWE-121
Published
2024-05-03T02:11:12.156Z
Last modified
2025-11-04T19:20:09.535Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

GStreamer H265 Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GStreamerGStreamer1.22.4 and 8dddb9ad2009705dfc3e50d59d7c56fc7314cfc3

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

05Technical details

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

06Detection signatures

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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

09References

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