CVE-2024-41209

Summary

CVE-2024-41209 is a recently disclosed vulnerability affecting the tsMuxer media processing library. This issue involves a heap-based buffer overflow, which can be triggered by a specially crafted MOV video file. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability for two potential outcomes: a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, causing the application to crash, or Code Execution, enabling the attacker to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected process. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in significant consequences, ranging from service disruptions to data theft or system compromise. It is recommended that users of tsMuxer update to a patched version as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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