UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5839

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5839

    Published: 9 Feb 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5839
    Aliases:
    USN-3244-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5839, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3244-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5839

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gst-plugins-base1.0

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    1.2.0-1ubuntu1
    1.2.1-2ubuntu1
    1.2.1-2ubuntu2
    1.2.2-1ubuntu1
    1.2.3-1
    1.2.4-1~ubuntu1
    1.2.4-1~ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High