DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5839

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2017-5839
Downstream
DSA-3819-1
Published: 09 Feb 2017, 15:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_debian)
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
28 Apr 2026, 20:17
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

  • debian•gst-plugins-base1.0

    < 1.10.3-1 | < 1.10.3-1 | < 1.10.3-1 | < 1.10.3-1

References (1)