Denial of Service Vulnerability in GStreamer Products by Gnome
CVE-2017-5844

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Gstreamer Project

Status
Gstreamer
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 February 2017

What is CVE-2017-5844?

The gst_riff_create_audio_caps function in GStreamer's gst-plugins-base prior to version 1.10.3 is susceptible to a denial of service risk. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by submitting a specially crafted ASF file, which may lead to a floating point exception and a subsequent crash of the affected application. This issue highlights a significant security concern, particularly for systems that process media files using GStreamer.

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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777525
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http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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