Denial of Service Vulnerability in GStreamer by Respective Vendor
CVE-2017-5841

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Gstreamer Project

Status
Gstreamer
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 February 2017

What is CVE-2017-5841?

The vulnerability in GStreamer allows remote attackers to exploit a flaw in the gst_avi_demux_parse_ncdt function, leading to a denial of service through out-of-bounds heap read access. Attackers can manipulate ncdt tags to trigger this vulnerability, potentially causing the application to crash or become unresponsive. It is critical for users to update to GStreamer version 1.10.3 or later to ensure protection against this issue.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3820
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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