CVE-2021-3498 (GCVE-0-2021-3498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-19 20:22 – Updated: 2024-08-03 16:53
VLAI?
Summary
GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a gstreamer-plugins-good Affected: gstreamer-plugins-good 1.18.4
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T16:53:17.826Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-4900",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_DEBIAN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "GLSA-202208-31",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_GENTOO",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "gstreamer-plugins-good",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "gstreamer-plugins-good 1.18.4"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-119",
              "description": "CWE-119",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2022-08-15T00:06:15.000Z",
        "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
        "shortName": "redhat"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "DSA-4900",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_DEBIAN"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "GLSA-202208-31",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_GENTOO"
          ],
          "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
          "ID": "CVE-2021-3498",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "gstreamer-plugins-good",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "gstreamer-plugins-good 1.18.4"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "CWE-119"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-4900",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "GLSA-202208-31",
              "refsource": "GENTOO",
              "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2021-3498",
    "datePublished": "2021-04-19T20:22:24.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T16:53:17.826Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2021-3498",
      "date": "2026-05-20",
      "epss": "0.00238",
      "percentile": "0.46844"
    },
    "fkie_nvd": {
      "configurations": "[{\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"1.0.0\", \"versionEndExcluding\": \"1.18.4\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"A110324C-F65C-48F7-806B-54BAD0ECE0DB\"}]}]}, {\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"07B237A9-69A3-4A9C-9DA0-4E06BD37AE73\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"142AD0DD-4CF3-4D74-9442-459CE3347E3A\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"F4CFF558-3C47-480D-A2F0-BABF26042943\"}]}]}]",
      "descriptions": "[{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.\"}, {\"lang\": \"es\", \"value\": \"GStreamer versiones anteriores a 1.18.4, podr\\u00eda causar da\\u00f1os en la pila al analizar determinados archivos Matroska malformado\"}]",
      "id": "CVE-2021-3498",
      "lastModified": "2024-11-21T06:21:41.273",
      "metrics": "{\"cvssMetricV31\": [{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"3.1\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\", \"baseScore\": 7.8, \"baseSeverity\": \"HIGH\", \"attackVector\": \"LOCAL\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"userInteraction\": \"REQUIRED\", \"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"integrityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"HIGH\"}, \"exploitabilityScore\": 1.8, \"impactScore\": 5.9}], \"cvssMetricV2\": [{\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"2.0\", \"vectorString\": \"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P\", \"baseScore\": 6.8, \"accessVector\": \"NETWORK\", \"accessComplexity\": \"MEDIUM\", \"authentication\": \"NONE\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\", \"integrityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"PARTIAL\"}, \"baseSeverity\": \"MEDIUM\", \"exploitabilityScore\": 8.6, \"impactScore\": 6.4, \"acInsufInfo\": false, \"obtainAllPrivilege\": false, \"obtainUserPrivilege\": false, \"obtainOtherPrivilege\": false, \"userInteractionRequired\": true}]}",
      "published": "2021-04-19T21:15:13.193",
      "references": "[{\"url\": \"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\", \"VDB Entry\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Issue Tracking\", \"Patch\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Vendor Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Mailing List\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\", \"VDB Entry\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Issue Tracking\", \"Patch\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Vendor Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Mailing List\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}]",
      "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "vulnStatus": "Modified",
      "weaknesses": "[{\"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"type\": \"Secondary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CWE-119\"}]}, {\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CWE-787\"}]}]"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2021-3498\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"published\":\"2021-04-19T21:15:13.193\",\"lastModified\":\"2026-03-17T15:52:33.870\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"GStreamer versiones anteriores a 1.18.4, podr\u00eda causar da\u00f1os en la pila al analizar determinados archivos Matroska malformado\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":7.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"REQUIRED\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":1.8,\"impactScore\":5.9}],\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P\",\"baseScore\":6.8,\"accessVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"accessComplexity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"integrityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"exploitabilityScore\":8.6,\"impactScore\":6.4,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":true}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-119\"}]},{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-787\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"1.0.0\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"1.18.4\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"E9CAB7B3-CE43-44C9-B53B-FFBA8D6E00A1\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"07B237A9-69A3-4A9C-9DA0-4E06BD37AE73\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"142AD0DD-4CF3-4D74-9442-459CE3347E3A\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F4CFF558-3C47-480D-A2F0-BABF26042943\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\",\"VDB Entry\"]},{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Issue Tracking\",\"Patch\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Mailing List\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\",\"VDB Entry\"]},{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Issue Tracking\",\"Patch\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Mailing List\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.