# CVE-2024-47613: GHSL-2024-118: GStreamer has a null pointer dereference in gst\_gdk\_pixbuf\_dec\_flush

- 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. A null pointer dereference vulnerability has been identified in `gst_gdk_pixbuf_dec_flush` within `gstgdkpixbufdec.c`. This function invokes `memcpy`, using `out_pix` as the destination address. `out_pix` is expected to point to the frame 0 from the frame structure, which is read from the input file. However, in certain situations, it can points to a NULL frame, causing the subsequent call to `memcpy` to attempt writing to the null address (0x00), leading 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.

## 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/8041.patch
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2024-0025.html

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