CVE-2024-47601

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Published 2025-05-13 · Modified 2025-07-02

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A null pointer dereference vulnerability has been discovered in the gst_matroska_demux_parse_blockgroup_or_simpleblock function within matroska-demux.c. This function does not properly check the validity of the GstBuffer *sub pointer before performing dereferences. As a result, null pointer dereferences may occur. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

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-2024-47601 NameCVE-2024-47601 DescriptionGStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A null pointer dereference vulnerability has been discovered in the gst_matroska_demux_parse_blockgroup_or_simpleblock function within matroska-demux.c. This function does not properly check the validity of the GstBuffer *sub pointer before performing dereferences. As a…

CVE-2024-47601

Name	CVE-2024-47601
Description	GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A null pointer dereference vulnerability has been discovered in the gst_matroska_demux_parse_blockgroup_or_simpleblock function within matroska-demux.c. This function does not properly check the validity of the GstBuffer *sub pointer before performing dereferences. As a result, null pointer dereferences may occur. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.
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	DLA-4071-1, DSA-5838-1

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	vulnerable
	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
gst-plugins-good0.10	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
gst-plugins-good1.0	source	bullseye	1.18.4-2+deb11u3	DLA-4071-1
gst-plugins-good1.0	source	bookworm	1.22.0-5+deb12u2	DSA-5838-1
gst-plugins-good1.0	source	(unstable)	1.24.10-1

Notes

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-249_Gstreamer/
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2024-0020.html
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/3863
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/8057
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/8058 (1.24.10)

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Notes

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-249_Gstreamer/https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2024-0020.htmlFixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/3863Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/8057Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/8058 (1.24.10)

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`gstreamer1-plugins-good-1.22.12-4.el9.aarch64.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.24.10-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.24.10-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.24.10-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.18.4-2+deb11u3`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.22.0-5+deb12u2`

Red Hat Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—

References

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

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