CVE-2024-47540 HIGH

CVE-2024-47540: GHSL-2024-197: GStreamer uses uninitialized stack memory in Matroska/WebM demuxer

Vendor Gstreamer
Product gstreamer
Weakness CWE-457
Published December 11, 2024
Last update November 3, 2025

CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. An uninitialized stack variable vulnerability has been identified in the gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header function within matroska-demux.c. When size < 4, the program calls gst_buffer_unmap with an uninitialized map variable. Then, in the gst_memory_unmap function, the program will attempt to unmap the buffer using the uninitialized map variable, causing a function pointer hijack, as it will jump to mem->allocator->mem_unmap_full or mem->allocator->mem_unmap. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack the execution flow, potentially leading to code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 11, 2024 CVE published
November 3, 2025 Record updated