UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5840

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5840

    Published: 9 Feb 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5840
    Aliases:
    USN-3245-1

    Summary:

    Details: The qtdemux_parse_samples function in gst/isomp4/qtdemux.c in gst-plugins-good in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via vectors involving the current stts index.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5840, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3245-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5840

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gst-plugins-good0.10

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+nmu1ubuntu5.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.3

    Affected versions

    0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu3
    0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu4
    0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5
    0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.1
    0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.2

    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
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