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CVE-2024-47778: Gst plugins good1.0 · An OOB-read vulnerability has been discovered in gst_wavparse_adtl_chunk within

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-47778· Medium 5.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium · fixed in 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3 : update gst-plugins-good1.0 when convenient.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 12:33 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 4.05.1
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3, 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3, 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Dec 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 11 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Ubuntu gst-plugins-good1.0 to 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3 (package) or 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3 (package) or 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1 (package).

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSgst-plugins-good1.0pkg:deb/ubuntu/gst-plugins-good1.0?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threatsAffected
  • <1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1
Fixed in
  • 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSgst-plugins-good1.0pkg:deb/ubuntu/gst-plugins-good1.0?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threatsAffected
  • <1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3
Fixed in
  • 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSgst-plugins-good1.0pkg:deb/ubuntu/gst-plugins-good1.0?arch=source&distro=focalOther threatsAffected
  • <1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3
Fixed in
  • 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTSgst-plugins-good1.0pkg:deb/ubuntu/gst-plugins-good1.0?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionicOther threatsAffected
  • 1.12.3-1ubuntu1 – 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm5
15 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTSgst-plugins-good1.0pkg:deb/ubuntu/gst-plugins-good1.0?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/xenialOther threatsAffected
  • 1.6.0-1ubuntu1 – 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm5
20 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 16.04 LTSgst-plugins-good0.10pkg:deb/ubuntu/gst-plugins-good0.10?arch=source&distro=xenialOther threatsAffected
  • 0.10.31-3+nmu4ubuntu2.16.04.1 – 0.10.31-3+nmu4ubuntu2~gcc5.1
4 affected builds
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A patch is available and should be applied. The vulnerability is fixed in gst-plugins-good1.0 version 1.24.10 and in Ubuntu package versions 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.3, 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.3, and 1.24.2-1ubuntu1.1. Users should update to these fixed versions or later. Refer to the official Ubuntu security notice USN-7176-1 for details.

Description

An out-of-bounds read (OOB-read) vulnerability exists in the gst_wavparse_adtl_chunk function of the gst-plugins-good1.0 library. The flaw is due to insufficient validation of a size parameter, which can exceed the data buffer bounds, leading to reading up to 4GB of process memory or causing a segmentation fault. This vulnerability is fixed in version 1.24.10.

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