CVE-2021-3498

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2021-3498 NameCVE-2021-3498 DescriptionGStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) ReferencesDSA-4900-1 Debian Bugs986911 Vulnerable and fixed packages The table below lists…

CVE-2021-3498

Name	CVE-2021-3498
Description	GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-4900-1
Debian Bugs	986911

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
gst-plugins-good1.0 (PTS)	bullseye	1.18.4-2+deb11u2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1.18.4-2+deb11u4	fixed
	bookworm	1.22.0-5+deb12u3	fixed
	bookworm (security)	1.22.0-5+deb12u2	fixed
	trixie	1.26.2-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	1.26.2-1+deb13u1	fixed
	forky, sid	1.28.3-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
gst-plugins-good1.0	source	experimental	1.18.4-1
gst-plugins-good1.0	source	stretch	(not affected)
gst-plugins-good1.0	source	buster	1.14.4-1+deb10u1	DSA-4900-1
gst-plugins-good1.0	source	(unstable)	1.18.4-2		986911

Notes

[stretch] - gst-plugins-good1.0 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/-/commit/02174790726dd20a5c73ce2002189bf240ad4fe0
Introduced by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/-/commit/f279bc5336dda19741a5996a108da42dd3201366

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Notes

[stretch] - gst-plugins-good1.0 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.htmlhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/-/commit/02174790726dd20a5c73ce2002189bf240ad4fe0Introduced by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/-/commit/f279bc5336dda19741a5996a108da42dd3201366

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.18.4-2`
sid	Fixed	`1.18.4-2`
forky	Fixed	`1.18.4-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.18.4-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.18.4-2`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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