UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5838

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5838
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5838.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5838
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Published
2017-02-09T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:10Z
Severity
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The gstdatetimenewfromiso8601string 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gstreamer1.0

Package

Name
gstreamer1.0
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gstreamer1.0@1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.0-1
1.6.1-1
1.6.2-1
1.7.1-1
1.7.2-1
1.7.90-1
1.7.91-1
1.8.0-1
1.8.1-1~ubuntu1
1.8.2-1~ubuntu1
1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0",
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gstreamer1.0-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgstreamer1.0-0",
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgstreamer1.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gstreamer0.10

Package

Name
gstreamer0.10
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gstreamer0.10@0.10.36-1.5ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.36-1.5ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10",
            "binary_version": "0.10.36-1.5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gstreamer-tools",
            "binary_version": "0.10.36-1.5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gstreamer0.10-tools",
            "binary_version": "0.10.36-1.5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgstreamer0.10-0",
            "binary_version": "0.10.36-1.5ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgstreamer0.10-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.10.36-1.5ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}