CVE-2023-37328

Publication date 31 July 2023

Last updated 8 October 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

GStreamer PGS File Parsing Heap-based Buffer 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 PGS subtitle files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-20994.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gst-plugins-base0.10 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
gst-plugins-base1.0 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1.22.1-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.20.1-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
gst-plugins-base1.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6268-1
    • GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities
    • 2 August 2023
    • USN-7807-1
    • GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities
    • 7 October 2025

Other references