CVE-2017-5839

high

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.

References

Advisories
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819

https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777265

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-09

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02419