# CVE-2024-47607: GHSL-2024-116: Stack-buffer overflow in gst\_opus\_dec\_parse\_header

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.24.10
- Published: 2024-12-11 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- gstreamer: fixed in 1.24.10

## Description

GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. stack-buffer overflow has been detected in the gst_opus_dec_parse_header function within `gstopusdec.c'. The pos array is a stack-allocated buffer of size 64. If n_channels exceeds 64, the for loop will write beyond the boundaries of the pos array. The value written will always be GST_AUDIO_CHANNEL_POSITION_NONE. This bug allows to overwrite the EIP address allocated in the stack. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.10.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gstreamer, upgrade to a fixed version (1.24.10) per the references below.
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## References

- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2024-115_GHSL-2024-118_Gstreamer/
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/8037.patch
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2024-0024.html

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