# CVE-2024-47599: GHSL-2024-247: GStreamer Insufficient error handling in JPEG decoder that can lead to NULL-pointer dereferences

> A null pointer dereference in GStreamer's JPEG decoder allows attackers to cause a denial of service via segmentation fault.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** AZL-62387, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47599, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47599

## What is CVE-2024-47599?

CVE-2024-47599 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. A null pointer dereference vulnerability has been discovered in the gst_jpeg_dec_negotiate function in gstjpegdec.c. This function does not check for a NULL return value from gst_video_decoder_set_output_state. When this happens, dereferences of the outstate pointer will lead to a null pointer dereference. This vulnerability can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) by triggering a segmentation fault (SEGV). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47599?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gstreamer Gstreamer.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47599?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-47599 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-47599 exists.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47599 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47599 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-47599 exists.

Affected product: Gstreamer Gstreamer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47599/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47599/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47599
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47599
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47599

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47599/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.