CVE-2017-5839
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5839
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5839.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5839
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-09T15:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-21T02:36:05Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The gstriffcreateaudiocaps 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.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777265