CVE-2023-44446

Publication date 17 November 2023

Last updated 19 December 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gst-plugins-bad0.10 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed
gst-plugins-bad1.0 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, work in progress
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1.22.4-1ubuntu1.1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1.22.1-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gst-plugins-bad1.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H