ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-1923
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923
Upstream
Published
2022-07-19T20:15:10Z
Modified
2026-11-03T07:30:16Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.18
gst-plugins-good

Package

Name
gst-plugins-good
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/gst-plugins-good?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923.json"
Alpine:v3.19
gst-plugins-good

Package

Name
gst-plugins-good
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/gst-plugins-good?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923.json"
Alpine:v3.20
gst-plugins-good

Package

Name
gst-plugins-good
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/gst-plugins-good?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923.json"
Alpine:v3.21
gst-plugins-good

Package

Name
gst-plugins-good
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/gst-plugins-good?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923.json"
Alpine:v3.22
gst-plugins-good

Package

Name
gst-plugins-good
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/gst-plugins-good?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923.json"
Alpine:v3.23
gst-plugins-good

Package

Name
gst-plugins-good
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/gst-plugins-good?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923.json"
Alpine:v3.24
gst-plugins-good

Package

Name
gst-plugins-good
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/gst-plugins-good?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-1923.json"