UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40475

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40475

    Published: 28 Sept 2023Last Modified: 1 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-40475

    Summary:

    Details: GStreamer MXF File Parsing Integer 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. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of MXF video files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-21661.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40475, https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0007.html, https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1457/, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/5362, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6526-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40475, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8205-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gst-plugins-bad0.10

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gst-plugins-bad0.10?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.10.23-7ubuntu2
    0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1
    0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.1
    0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.2
    0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.3
    0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.3+esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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