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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2023-40474

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 5/02/2024 11:15:19 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3

								
							
							
						
Zero Day Initiative AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added CWE

								
							
							
						
Zero Day Initiative CWE-190
Added Description

								
							
							
						
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-21660.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
Zero Day Initiative https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0006.html [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
Zero Day Initiative https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1456/ [No types assigned]