CVE-2021-3498
7.8 HIGHGStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files
Published: 2021-04-19 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-119, CWE-787
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, gstreamer |
| gstreamer | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, gstreamer |
| redhat | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, gstreamer |
Description
GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3498
- [Other]http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342
- [Vendor advisory]https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900
- [Other]http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342
- [Vendor advisory]https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900
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