CVE-2023-38538

Summary

CVE-2023-38538 is a recently disclosed vulnerability affecting an event subsystem in certain audio/video applications. This issue involves a race condition resulting in a heap use-after-free, which could potentially lead to app termination or unintended code execution with a very low probability. The flaw lies within the established calls, making active sessions a potential target for attackers to exploit. Successful exploitation could enable arbitrary code execution and compromise the affected system. Users are advised to update their applications to mitigate this risk.

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