CVE-2021-3498 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00286.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Gstreamer Project	Gstreamer
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4900-1	gst-plugins-good1.0
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26819	GStreamer before 1.18.4 might cause heap corruption when parsing certain malformed Matroska files.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4928-1	GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162952/Gstreamer-Matroska-Demuxing-Use-After-Free.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1945342
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/sa-2021-0003.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3498
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3498
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4900

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00275}`	epss `{'score': 0.00231}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-04-19T20:22:24

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:53:17.826Z

Reserved: 2021-04-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3498

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-19T21:15:13.193

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:21:41.273

Link: CVE-2021-3498

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-03-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3498 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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