CVE-2023-50186
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free: buffer overflow vulnerability
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 22, 2023
Updated · July 31, 2026
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the gstreamer-plugins-bad plugin for the Gstreamer media framework. A successful attack may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution if malformed media files are opened.
Statement
RHEL 7 and 8 are not affected by this vulnerability due to absence of the AV1 parser in their gstreamer version.
CVSS score applicability
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
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')