CVE-2022-2122

Publication date 19 July 2022

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

DOS / potential heap overwrite in qtdemux using zlib decompression. Integer overflow in qtdemux element in qtdemux_inflate 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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gst-plugins-good1.0 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.20.3-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.16.3-0ubuntu1.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.5+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support
openjfx 25.10 questing
Vulnerable
25.04 plucky
Vulnerable
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needed
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

openjfx includes qtdemux.c from gstreamer and might be affected.

leosilva

same as CVE-2022-1922,23,24 and 25.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
gst-plugins-good1.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5555-1
    • GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities
    • 8 August 2022

Other references