Code execution via uninitialized unmap callback
Published Dec 11, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Uninitialized stack memory in GStreamer gst-plugins-good before 1.24.10 allows local users to crash applications or execute code. When a WavPack buffer is shorter than four bytes, gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header passes an uninitialized map object to gst_buffer_unmap, which dispatches through an uncontrolled allocator callback. Processing a crafted Matroska/WebM WavPack stream is required, and successful control-flow hijacking executes in the consuming application's context.
Summary
What happened
Uninitialized stack memory in GStreamer gst-plugins-good before 1.24.10 allows local users to crash applications or execute code. When a WavPack buffer is shorter than four bytes, gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header passes an uninitialized map object to gst_buffer_unmap, which dispatches through an uncontrolled allocator callback. Processing a crafted Matroska/WebM WavPack stream is required, and successful control-flow hijacking executes in the consuming application's context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-47540
- Published
- Dec 11, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- GStreamer Project
- Product
- GStreamer
- Classifications
- CWE-908, CWE-457, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 1.24.10
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