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Vulnerability details: VCID-f6ts-f494-eugf
Vulnerability ID VCID-f6ts-f494-eugf
Aliases CVE-2023-40474
Summary GStreamer MXF File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of MXF video files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-21660.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-40474.json
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.04375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.0523 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.0523 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.0523 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.0523 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.0523 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.0523 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.0523 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.06936 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
epss 0.06936 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 8.8 https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0006.html
ssvc Track https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0006.html
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40474
cvssv3 8.8 https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1456/
ssvc Track https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1456/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-40474.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40474
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40474
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40475
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40476
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1053261 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1053261
2254587 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254587
cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2023-40474 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40474
RHSA-2024:2287 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2287
RHSA-2024:3060 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3060
sa-2023-0006.html https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0006.html
USN-6526-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6526-1/
ZDI-23-1456 https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1456/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-40474.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0006.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-05-15T17:12:24Z/ Found at https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2023-0006.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40474
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1456/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-05-15T17:12:24Z/ Found at https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1456/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.88522
EPSS Score 0.04375
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:40:55.876399+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/6526-1/ 37.0.0