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CVE-2022-1920

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1920 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the matroskademux element of GStreamer, specifically within the gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header function, affecting Debian Linux and GStreamer. This flaw allows for a heap overwrite when parsing specially crafted Matroska files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation and has a low attack complexity (AC:L), with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.18.4-6.el9
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libreoffice:flatpak/gstreamer1-plugins-good
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-good
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libreoffice:flatpak/gstreamer1-plugins-good

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-1920Moderate

gstreamer-plugins-good: Potential heap overwrite in gst_matroska_demux_add_wvpk_header()

May 18, 2022

References

gitlab.freedesktop.org / gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/1226
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5204
Third Party Advisory