CVE-2017-5839
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-674
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777265
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10