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CVE-2022-24578:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
GPAC 1.0.1 is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SFSAddString() function located at bifs/scriptdec.c. The vulnerability was discovered in early 2022 and assigned identifier CVE-2022-24578 (NVD, Debian).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue is classified as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) and affects the SFS_AddString() function in the BIFS script decoder component (NVD).
Impact
The heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The vulnerability requires user interaction but no privileges for exploitation (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in Debian bullseye with version 1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u2. Users are recommended to upgrade their GPAC packages to the patched version (Debian).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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