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CVE-2024-40897

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-40897 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in ORC versions prior to 0.4.39, specifically within the orcparse.c component, affecting gstreamer orc. A successful attack requires a developer to process a specially crafted file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on their build environment or CI systems. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), exploitation is complex (AC:H) and requires user interaction (UI:R), but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.4.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:orc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17673-17084Fixed in: 0.4.39-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 orc 0.4.39-2 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 0.4.39-2
nodejspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
pjsippatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: orc-0:0.4.28-4.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: orc-0:0.4.31-7.el9_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: orc-0:0.4.28-4.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: orc-0:0.4.31-7.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: orc-0:0.4.31-7.el9_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: orc-0:0.4.28-4.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportFixed in: orc-0:0.4.28-4.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: orc-0:0.4.28-4.el8_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (4)

nodejsllm-nodejs-302528ae26f0d946CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP4 Security Updates

Oct 29, 2024
pjsipllm-pjsip-7ba3ec379210ac70CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP4 Security Updates

Oct 29, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-40897Moderate

orc: Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in ORC

Jul 26, 2024
microsoft2024-Jul/CVE-2024-40897Important

Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in orcparse.c of ORC versions prior to 0.4.39. If a developer is tricked to process a specially crafted file with the affected ORC compiler, an arbitrary code may be executed on the developer's build environment. This may lead to compromise of developer machines or CI build environments.

Jul 9, 2024

References

github.com / GStreamer/orc
Product
gstreamer.freedesktop.org / modules/orc.html
Product
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN02030803
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/07/26/1
Third Party Advisory