ALPINE-CVE-2017-5839

ALPINE-CVE-2017-5839 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

The gst_riff_create_audio_caps function in gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-media.c in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.3 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and crash) via vectors involving nested WAVEFORMATEX.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.4	gst-plugins-base1	1.0.0-r0, 1.0.1-r0, 1.0.10-r0
Alpine:v3.5	gst-plugins-base1	1.0.0-r0, 1.0.1-r0, 1.0.10-r0

Timeline

Feb 9, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5839 advisory

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