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CVE-2017-5839

Publication date 9 February 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gst-plugins-base0.10 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
gst-plugins-base1.0 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gst-plugins-base1.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3244-1
    • GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities
    • 27 March 2017

Other references