CVE-2023-40475

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the MXF file, demuxer, in the GStreamer Plugins Bad when handling malformed files with AES3 audio. This issue requires user interaction with the library. It may allow a malicious user to cause an integer overflow before allocating the buffer, triggering a crash or code execution via heap manipulation, and executing code in the context of the current process.

Red Hat rates this issue as a Moderate impact, as this requires a local authenticated user and interaction with the library in order to be vulnerable to a possible crash.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.