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high 8.8

CVE-2023-44446 json

GStreamer MXF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2024-05-03 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48786

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GStreamer MXF File Parsing Use-After-Free 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 validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22299.

Patch / fix

  • GStreamer GStreamer 1.22.7
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Debian 12 1.22.0-4+deb12u3
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Debian 14, Debian 13 1.22.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-44446

  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-44446

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  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free RHEL 7 0.10.23-24.el7_9
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free RHEL 7 1.10.4-4.el7_9
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk RHEL 7 1.10.4-4.el7_9
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free RHEL 8 1.16.1-2.el8_9
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free RHEL 9 1.22.1-2.el9_3
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free RHEL 9.0 EUS 1.18.4-6.el9_0
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free RHEL 8.6 EUS 1.16.1-2.el8_6
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free RHEL 8.4 TUS, RHEL 8.4 E4S, RHEL 8.4 AUS 1.16.1-2.el8_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:0279RHSA-2024:0013RHSA-2023:7873RHSA-2023:7872RHSA-2023:7874RHSA-2023:7875

  • gstreamer-plugins-bad SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 1.16.3-150300.9.18.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.8.3-18.15.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Real Time 15 SP4 +7 more 1.20.1-150400.3.15.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 1.22.0-150500.3.17.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS 1.16.3-150200.4.19.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0793-1SUSE-SU-2024:0780-1SUSE-SU-2024:0779-1SUSE-SU-2024:0005-1SUSE-SU-2023:4943-1

  • gstreamer-plugins-bad openSUSE Leap 15.5 1.22.0-lp155.3.10.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:0305-1

  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free AlmaLinux 8 1.16.1-2.el8_9.alma.1
  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free AlmaLinux 9 1.22.1-2.el9_3

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:7841ALSA-2023:7791

  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free Rocky Linux 8 1.16.1-2.el8_9

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:7841

  • gst-plugins-bad Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 1.22.7-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-44446

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-44446 updated cvss 8.8

gstreamer: MXF demuxer use-after-free vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.16.1-2.el8_9, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.16.1-2.el8_9, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsource 1.16.1-2.el8_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7841
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.22.1-2.el9_3, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.22.1-2.el9_3, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsource 1.22.1-2.el9_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7791
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.16.1-2.el8_6, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.16.1-2.el8_6, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsource 1.16.1-2.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7872
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.16.1-2.el8_8, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.16.1-2.el8_8, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsource 1.16.1-2.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7840
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.18.4-6.el9_0, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.18.4-6.el9_0, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsource 1.18.4-6.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7873
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.18.4-7.el9_2, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.18.4-7.el9_2, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debugsource 1.18.4-7.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7792
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7841
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.22.1-2.el9_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7791
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7875
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7874
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7875
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7874
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7872
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7840
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.18.4-6.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7873
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.18.4-7.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7792
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7875
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.16.1-2.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7874
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.10.4-4.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-24.el7_9, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk 1.10.4-4.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.10.4-4.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel 0.10.23-24.el7_9, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.10.4-4.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0.10.23-24.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs 0.10.23-24.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0279
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk 1.10.4-4.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0013
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.10.4-4.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-24.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk 1.10.4-4.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.10.4-4.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-24.el7_9, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk 1.10.4-4.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.10.4-4.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel 0.10.23-24.el7_9, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.10.4-4.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0.10.23-24.el7_9, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs 0.10.23-24.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0279

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • GStreamer GStreamer

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.