CVE-2021-3185
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.025 · 85 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A flaw was found in the gstreamer h264 component of gst-plugins-bad before v1.18.1 where when parsing a h264 header, an attacker could cause the stack to be smashed, memory corruption and possibly code execution.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (11)
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also known as (4)
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references (12)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917192cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3185cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168082/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202208-31.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-31cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Gstreamer-memory-corruption-via-H264-Header-35577cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1875cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1978cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2064cnnvd
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