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CVE-2017-5839
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…
High7.5EPSS 4.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 96001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3819 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170202 Re: Multiple memory access issues in gstreamer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777265 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170201 Multiple memory access issues in gstreamer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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