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CVE-2017-5839

Published: 9 February 2017

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gst-plugins-base0.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Needed

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

gst-plugins-base1.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1)
upstream
Released (1.10.3-1)
xenial
Released (1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2)
yakkety
Released (1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(1.10.3-1ubuntu1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-base/commit/ef55c8a6b7ca746b2d1b55129a404eb5f58cf140

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H