ALPINE-CVE-2017-5839

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CVE-2017-5839
Published: 09 Feb 2017, 15:59
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Feb 2017, 15:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•gst-plugins-base1

    < 1.8.3-r0 | < 1.8.3-r0

References (1)