DOS / potential heap overwrite in mkv demuxing using HEADERSTRIP decompression. Integer overflow in matroskaparse element in gst_matroska_decompress_data function which causes a heap overflow. Due to restrictions on chunk sizes in the matroskademux element, the overflow can't be triggered, however the matroskaparse element has no size checks.
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/1225 | patch exploit third party advisory issue tracking |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00001.html | third party advisory mailing list |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5204 | third party advisory vendor advisory |