CVE-2017-5838: gstreamer Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-5838 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gstreamer. EPSS estimates a 4.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 4% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4Timeline
- 09-02-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The gst_date_time_new_from_iso8601_string function in gst/gstdatetime.c in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a malformed datetime string.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
4.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.23% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse9 products
- gstreamer&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 1.2.4-2.3.3
- gstreamer&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 1.8.3-9.5
- gstreamer&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1< 1.2.4-2.3.3
- gstreamer&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2< 1.8.3-9.5
- gstreamer&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2< 1.8.3-9.5
Ubuntu2 products
- gstreamer0.10All versions (No fix recorded)
- gstreamer1.0< 1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1
Debian1 product
- gstreamer1.0< 1.10.3-1 | < 1.4.4-2+deb8u1
Gstreamer1 product
- gstreamer≤ 1.10.2
Mageia1 product
- gstreamer1.0< 1.4.3-2.1.mga5
5 vendors · 14 products
References
19 links
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryREPORT