CVE-2023-50186 — GStreamer AV1 Video Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vu

GStreamer AV1 Video 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 at

01What is this vulnerability?

GStreamer AV1 Video 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

Vendor	Product	Versions
GStreamer	GStreamer	bd4a9fde89e2549887e8a77d22ab027bed70d743

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: 2024-05-03T02:14:13.976Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T22:09:49.773Z

09References

• www.zerodayinitiative.com — https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-368/
• gstreamer.freedesktop.org — https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0011.html