CVE-2024-47544 GHSL-2024-238: GStreamer has NULL-pointer dereferences in MP4/MOV demuxer CENC handling

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

A null pointer dereference in the GStreamer MP4/MOV demuxer allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted media files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-47544?

CVE-2024-47544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gstreamer Gstreamer, published on 11 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. The function qtdemux_parse_sbgp in qtdemux.c is affected by a null dereference vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47544?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including java, java-min and jre. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
java BitnamiAll versions1.8.0, 8.0.451
java-min BitnamiAll versions1.8.0, 8.0.451
jre BitnamiAll versions1.8.0, 8.0.451

Products include Gstreamer Gstreamer.

How do I fix CVE-2024-47544?

Upgrade java to a fixed version for your release line: 1.8.0 or 8.0.451.

Is CVE-2024-47544 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47544 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Gstreamer Gstreamer vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-62411, BIT-java-2024-47544, BIT-java-min-2024-47544, BIT-jre-2024-47544, CLSA-2025-1749506165, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47544 and 2 more.

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