5.5

CVE-2017-5846: gstreamer Out-of-bounds Read

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-5846UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5846DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5846
Published 09-02-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-5846 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gstreamer. EPSS estimates a 2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.03%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 1
DLA-2226-1DLA-829-1DSA-3821-1MGASA-2018-0014MGASA-2018-0015OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10826-1

Timeline

  1. 09-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The gst_asf_demux_process_ext_stream_props function in gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c in gst-plugins-ugly in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via vectors related to the number of languages in a video file.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.03% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine2 products
  • gst-plugins-ugly< 1.10.4-r0
  • gst-plugins-ugly1< 1.8.3-r0 | < 1.10.4-r0
Ubuntu2 products
  • gst-plugins-ugly0.10< 0.10.19-2+deb7u1ubuntu0.1
  • gst-plugins-ugly1.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • gst-plugins-ugly1.0< 1.10.3-1
Gstreamer1 product

4 vendors · 6 products

References

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