CVE-2021-3498
Gstreamer Matroska Demuxing Use-After-Free
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
GStreamer versiones anteriores a 1.18.4, podría causar daños en la pila al analizar determinados archivos Matroska malformado
It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause access sensitive information or cause a crash. It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. Various other issues were also addressed.
*Credits:
N/A
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- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2021-04-13 CVE Reserved
- 2021-04-19 CVE Published
- 2021-06-03 First Exploit
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2025-04-01 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://packetstorm.news/files/id/162952 | 2021-06-03 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342 | 2022-10-24 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html | 2022-10-24 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31 | 2022-10-24 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900 | 2022-10-24 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Gstreamer Project Search vendor "Gstreamer Project" | Gstreamer Search vendor "Gstreamer Project" for product "Gstreamer" | >= 1.0.0 < 1.18.4 Search vendor "Gstreamer Project" for product "Gstreamer" and version " >= 1.0.0 < 1.18.4" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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