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high 7.5

CVE-2009-0586 json

Integer overflow in the gst_vorbis_tag_add_coverart function (gst-libs/gst/tag/gstvorbistag.c) in vorbistag in gst-plugins-base (aka gstrea…

published 2009-03-14 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0589

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the gst_vorbis_tag_add_coverart function (gst-libs/gst/tag/gstvorbistag.c) in vorbistag in gst-plugins-base (aka gstreamer-plugins-base) before 0.10.23 in GStreamer allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COVERART tag that is converted from a base64 representation, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • gstreamer gstreamer 0.10.23
  • gstreamer-plugins-base RHEL 5 0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0352

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-2009-0586 updated cvss 6.8

gstreamer-plugins-base: integer overflow in gst_vorbis_tag_add_coverart()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) gstreamer-plugins-base 0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) gstreamer-plugins-base 0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) gstreamer-plugins-base 0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0352

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Exploit prediction

5.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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