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CVE-2023-48014: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

GPAC v2.3-DEV-rev566-g50c2ab06f-master was discovered to contain a stack overflow vulnerability via the hevcparsevpsextension function at /mediatools/av_parsers.c. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 15, 2023 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is a stack buffer overflow that occurs in the hevcparsevpsextension function located at /mediatools/av_parsers.c line 7735. The issue results from improper validation when parsing HEVC video parameters set (VPS) extensions. 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 (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the application. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system as indicated by the CVSS scoring (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A fix for this vulnerability has been implemented in a subsequent commit (66abf0887c89c29a484d9e65e70882794e9e3a1b) which addresses the buffer overflow by adding proper bounds checking for dimension IDs (GPAC Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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