CVE-2017-5839 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-5839 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 3.04% · 86.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

3.04%

86.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	gst-plugins-base1.0	1.2.0-1ubuntu1, 1.2.1-2ubuntu1, 1.2.1-2ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	gst-plugins-base1.0	1.6.0-1ubuntu1, 1.6.1-1ubuntu1, 1.7.1-1ubuntu1

Timeline

Feb 1, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5839 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3244-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5839 third-party-advisory

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