CVE-2017-5839

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.42% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9 third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777265 issue tracking
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3 release notes vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-5839?
CVE-2017-5839 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-5839?
To fix CVE-2017-5839, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-5839 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-5839 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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