Description
DOS / potential heap overwrite in mkv demuxing using bzip decompression. Integer overflow in matroskademux element in bzip decompression function which causes a segfault, or could cause a heap overwrite, depending on libc and OS. Depending on the libc used, and the underlying OS capabilities, it could be just a segfault or a heap overwrite. If the libc uses mmap for large chunks, and the OS supports mmap, then it is just a segfault (because the realloc before the integer overflow will use mremap to reduce the size of the chunk, and it will start to write to unmapped memory). However, if using a libc implementation that does not use mmap, or if the OS does not support mmap while using libc, then this could result in a heap overwrite.
Published: 2022-07-19
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3069-1 gst-plugins-good1.0 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5204-1 gst-plugins-good1.0 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-25195 DOS / potential heap overwrite in mkv demuxing using bzip decompression. Integer overflow in matroskademux element in bzip decompression function which causes a segfault, or could cause a heap overwrite, depending on libc and OS. Depending on the libc used, and the underlying OS capabilities, it could be just a segfault or a heap overwrite. If the libc uses mmap for large chunks, and the OS supports mmap, then it is just a segfault (because the realloc before the integer overflow will use mremap to reduce the size of the chunk, and it will start to write to unmapped memory). However, if using a libc implementation that does not use mmap, or if the OS does not support mmap while using libc, then this could result in a heap overwrite.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5555-1 GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gstreamer
Gstreamer gstreamer
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gstreamer Project
Gstreamer Project gstreamer
Gstreamer
Gstreamer gstreamer

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Debian Debian Linux
Gstreamer Gstreamer
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:17:00.909Z

Reserved: 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1923

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-19T20:15:10.967

Modified: 2026-03-17T15:52:33.870

Link: CVE-2022-1923

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-05-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-1923 - Bugzilla

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