CVE-2024-47538VulnerabilityPublished 16 Dec 2024Updated 28 Jun 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-base security update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

Severity

High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 69% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Dec 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hatredhat/gstreamer1-plugins-base`pkg:rpm/redhat/gstreamer1-plugins-base`Other threats	Affected =1.16.1-2.el8_2	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated gstreamer1-plugins-base packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:11130 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the gstreamer1-plugins-base package used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2. These include stack-buffer overflows and an out-of-bounds write affecting components that handle media data streams such as Vorbis and Opus audio codecs and the Ogg demuxer. The vulnerabilities are rated as important by Red Hat and have corresponding CVEs: CVE-2024-47538, CVE-2024-47607, and CVE-2024-47615. A security update addressing these issues has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in memory corruption, potentially leading to application crashes or arbitrary code execution within the context of the affected media processing components. The advisory rates the security impact as Important, indicating a significant risk if unpatched.

Summary

The gstreamer1-plugins-base package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 contains multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities: a stack-buffer overflow in vorbis_handle_identification_packet (CVE-2024-47538), an out-of-bounds write in the Ogg demuxer (CVE-2024-47615), and a stack-buffer overflow in gst_opus_dec_parse_header (CVE-2024-47607). These vulnerabilities are rated as important by Red Hat and have been addressed in updated packages. The advisory references Red Hat Bugzilla entries and provides updated package versions for remediation.

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)
Variant weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #14
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
Operation · Build and Compilation · Environment Hardening
Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index…
Architecture and Design
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
Implementation
Implement and perform bounds checking on input.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #5
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Requirements · Language Selection
Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Operation · Build and Compilation · Environment Hardening
Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 28 Jun 2026, 22:41 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-121, CWE-787

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