CVE-2024-47538: gstreamer · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affects gstreamerSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.6 High : upgrade to 1.24.10 soon.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (GitHub_M) | CVSS 4.0 | 8.6 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.24.10
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Dec 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade gstreamer to 1.24.10.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| gstreamer gstreamer | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. A stack-buffer overflow has been detected in the `vorbis_handle_identification_packet` function within `gstvorbisdec.c`. The position array is a stack-allocated buffer of size 64. If vd->vi.channels exceeds 64, the for loop will write beyond the boundaries of the position array. The value written will always be `GST_AUDIO_CHANNEL_POSITION_NONE`. This vulnerability allows someone to overwrite the EIP address allocated in the stack. Additionally, this bug can overwrite the `GstAudioInfo` info structure. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.
References
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-115_GHSL-2024-118_Gstreamer/ (opens in a new tab)
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/8035.patch (opens in a new tab)
- gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2024-0022.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00021.html (opens in a new tab)